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Russia says Paul Whelan was detained on Friday while on a spy mission. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted on espionage charges.

The U.S. military arrested Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Bilal Hussein on April 12, 2006. For the past year and a half, he has been imprisoned without any formal charges. This week, the military announced plans to submit a complaint against Hussein through the Iraqi justice system.

The U.S. immigration policy that allows U.S. citizens and green card holders to sponsor other relatives to come to the U.S. was first introduced 50 years ago by an immigration hard liner in Congress. President Trump now wants to end "chain migration."

A Los Angeles jury has determined that singers Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke lifted portions of Marvin Gaye's 1977 hit "Got to Give It Up" when writing their hit "Blurred Lines."

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Adam Segal, a digital and cyberspace policy expert, about the future of Chinese technology companies in the U.S. amid the Trump administration's push to ban TikTok.

U.S. destroys an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz. Mark Morgan, acting commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, on the border crisis. And, a heat wave builds across the U.S.

Hear about the debate in congress over the gender wage gap, with Bloomberg Business Week reporter Holly Rosenkrantz. Also: WAGE Campus and Community…

The United States is canceling or suspending more than $400 million in projects in the Palestinian territories and shifting some of that money to help meet basic humanitarian needs. The change was made after Hamas, which the United States considers a terrorist organization, assumed the Palestinian leadership.

While the militant group says it will release 10 living and 18 deceased hostages still held in Gaza, there appear to be other details that need to be worked out before a ceasefire is declared.

Johnson & Johnson has started shipping its first vaccine doses across the U.S., adding a third vaccine to the country's arsenal as public health officials warn of an uptick in cases.