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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., who is chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. He's negotiated a compromise immigration bill and hopes it will pass without Democratic votes.

For too long the Old English poem has long been perceived as a "masculine text," says Maria Dahvana Headley. Her new adaptation is told from the perspective of Grendel's mother.

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., talks with NPR's Ailsa Chang about the Justice Department's latest charges against 12 Russian cyberspies related to the 2016 targeting of the DNC and Clinton campaign.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell discusses the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court and the upcoming midterm elections.

The resolution was the product of tense internal deliberation among House Democrats, who were divided over how to confront a new round of allegations of anti-Semitism against Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., and co-chair of the Problem Solvers Caucus, about the Trump administration's move to strike the Affordable Care Act in its entirety.

Emergency dispatchers play a key role when people go into cardiac arrest, but there are no national requirements that they be trained in telephone CPR.

Details about the U.S.-North Korea summit are being examined and some skepticism is emerging. Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the need he sees for caution on North Korea moving forward.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg believes there's value in writing by hand — but he doesn't see why the letters have to connect. "You may as well dictate what song we all have to sing in the shower," he says.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, and member of the House intelligence committee, about about Michael Cohen's three days of congressional testimony.