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The president's 2020 budget plan calls for studying space-based energy weapons as a way to stop warheads. Critics say it didn't work with the "Star Wars" program in the 1980s and it won't work now.

NPR's David Greene talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about how the U.S. should respond to escalating tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran. NPR's Greg Myre weighs in on the topic.

Congressional inaction let the interest rate for some student loans double at the start of the month, even though lawmakers' preferred solutions don't seem that far apart. The Senate is planning to vote Wednesday on a proposal that would bring rates back down for one year.

Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.

The Supreme Court justice revealed on Friday that she had begun a course of chemotherapy on May 19. In a statement, she said she is still able to do her job "full steam."

TV director, writer and producer Bob Stewart died Friday at the age of 91. Stewart created such classic game shows as The Price is Right, and Pyramid. Melissa Block and Audie Cornish have more.

Robert Holmes' family was one of the first African-American families to move into Edison, N.J., in 1956. At 13, he planned to go for a swim in the local pool. He was told he couldn't enter, so his mom told him to crawl under the turnstile.

Joe Biden continues to build a lead in polls against President Trump, and Democrats across the U.S. are raking in huge amounts in fundraising. But some question how confident the party should be.

Civil rights pioneer the Rev. Cordy Tindell "CT" Vivian died Friday at age 95. Vivian was renowned for participating in Freedom Rides and sit-ins and advocating for Black voting rights.