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The president met Friday with a group of House members that includes some who had been lukewarm about the bill. A senior GOP aide says they won two modifications to the bill.

A pandemic is likely to crop up in the next few decades, many scientists predict. To help readers prepare, NPR created its first-ever Pandemic Preparedness Kit. But it's not your traditional kit.

The Secret Service took a driver into custody late Saturday. Earlier that day a man jumped over a bike rack trying to get past a White House fence. And on March 10 an intruder breached the perimeter.

The two professors in charge of the program come from different perspectives: one descended from slaves, the other's ancestors helped trade slaves.

A spokesman for Britain's prime minister says the White House has promised that it won't repeat a claim that Britain spied on President Donald Trump.

More than 20 years after the release of the original film about a band of thieving Scottish junkies, Boyle returns to the same characters. Critic David Edelstein calls the new film "tremendous fun."

Kander and his partner, Fred Ebb, wrote the songs for a number of musicals, including Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Cabaret. Kander spoke to Terry Gross in 1991 and 2015.

In 2008, Russia and Georgia went to war for five days over South Ossetia. The conflict remains unresolved as Russia builds what it calls a new international border between this region and Georgia.

In the Netherlands, anti-immigrant politician Geert Wilders has made limited campaign appearances ahead of Wednesday's election because of security problems.

Meet Kate Rubins, a virus-hunter turned astronaut. When she sequenced DNA in space for the first time, she opened the door to a new era in space biology.