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A small group of Senate Republicans is drafting a major healthcare bill in complete secrecy. Critics are calling for more transparency but it turns out Congress has a history of legislating in secret.

Amazon announced it will buy Whole Foods Market in a deal valued at $13.7 billion. This is by far the largest acquisition Amazon has made, promising a massive change of pace for both the organic food chain and its competitors.

Iran for the first time hit targets in Syria using ground-to-ground ballistic missiles launched from Iran. Also for the first time, a U.S. warplane shot down a Syrian government warplane.

A new California law regulates how autographed items may be sold. Originally intended to cover sports memorabilia and an apparently thriving market in fake autographs, bookstores are worried it will shut down popular author book signings. Now one of them has filed suit.

Senate Republicans have released their health care bill. They are hoping to have a vote before the July Fourth recess.

Lawyers are done presenting their arguments in the sexual assault trial of comedian Bill Cosby. The comedian's lawyer accused Andrea Constand of lying about the assault.

A bipartisan team of lawmakers has been drafting a bill that would create new sentencing guidelines for people who sell and distribute synthetic opioid drugs blamed for a steep rise in U.S. overdoses.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Candida Moss, professor of New Testament at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Bible Nation: The United States of Hobby Lobby. After Hobby Lobby was fined for smuggling artifacts out of Iraq, Moss talks about Hobby Lobby's unique business mission: to promote the bible.

By the time Five Mualimm-ak completed a sentence for weapons charges in 2012, he had served nearly a dozen years in prison. When he was released, his son Omar was already a senior in high school.

President Trump returns to Washington after his second international trip and meeting with Russian President Putin. Congress returns to Washington with the Senate's health care bill in debate.