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The head of the independent Office of Special Counsel claims President Trump illegally fired him, the latest in a string of firings that may violate federal law.

Two GOP nominees are rejected from a panel set to probe the Capitol riot. States reach a $26 billion national opioid settlement. Maria Taylor is leaving ESPN after a colleague's remark about race.

A volunteer firefighter in Woodstock admits to starting a fire that he then showed up to put out… A top Virginia education official wants to push back a review of new history and social science standards for K through 12 students… A new report says that the number of days of excessive heat in Virginia will increase over the next few decades, with the most severe surge in eastern Virginia…

Classes at Bridgewater College are cancelled the day after a gunman kills two campus officers… Parents of students with disabilities from Albemarle County join a lawsuit against Governor Youngkin over his executive order ending the mask mandate in schools… Democrats in the General Assembly try to block Youngkin’s controversial nomination of a former Trump official for the state’s top environmental office….

Nicaragua brought the case arguing that by providing arms to Israel, Germany is failing to prevent possible genocide against Palestinians in Israel's war with Hamas in Gaza.

The country's citizenship minister and education minister separately announced their diagnoses on social media the same day that the country announced a grim new milestone in the pandemic.

Andrew Weissmann, one of the best-known lawyers in special counsel Robert Mueller's office, is set to depart soon from that job and the Justice Department, NPR has learned.

"Politically related prosecutions ... undermine the rule of law," George Kent said in his deposition. The transcript of his interview with impeachment investigators was released on Thursday.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kadia Goba, political reporter for BuzzFeed News, and Paul Kane, senior congressional correspondent and columnist for The Washington Post, about covering Congress.

A new documentary follows talented young pianists as they compete in the International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with director, Jakub Piatek, about Pianoforte.