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The possible change involves a different inflation measure to adjust the poverty threshold annually. Anti-poverty groups worry that many low-income people would be pushed off assistance programs.

"I will be damned if the same politicians who refused to act then are going to try to come back today and say we need to find a middle-of-the-road approach to save our lives," the congresswoman said.

A former nursing assistant at a medical center for veterans in West Virginia pleaded guilty Tuesday to seven counts of murder after a series of suspicious deaths at the center.

The request for an injunction to block publication says the book compromises national security. But after a federal court order Saturday, the tell-all remains on track for a Tuesday release.

Advocates are concerned the nominees being floated for the Sentencing Commission could adopt more punitive approaches, despite nationwide calls for justice and police reform.

"The people of Texas are informed that, in accordance with a proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves are free," states General Order No. 3.

Two days before the start of hurricane season, Puerto Rico's governor outlined the steps his government has taken to prepare. He also responded to the Harvard study on the number of deaths after Hurricane Maria.

As he headed to Dallas for the NRA convention, the president told reporters Friday morning that his new attorney Rudy Giuliani "will get his facts straight."

Sixty Russian diplomats are being expelled from the U.S., but what is the real impact? NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Angela Stent, director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University.

The former Boston College baseball star was diagnosed with ALS when he was 27. He turned a fundraising challenge into a national story and helped raise millions for ALS research.