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NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that two of the biggest names in banking are merging. Chase Manhattan will acquire J.P. Morgan in a deal valued at more than $35 billion. It is the latest such transaction in the rapidly consolidating financial services industry, and is expected to put additional pressure on smaller firms to get bigger fast.

NPR's Larry Abramson reports on the Total Information Awareness program. The project is intended to develop a method of tracking individuals' transactions for clues to a planned terrorist attack. The Pentagon's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is in charge of the project.

Investigators meet with billionaire investor Warren Buffett in their investigation of improper transactions between American International Group and General Re, a subsidiary of Buffett's Berkshire-Hathaway.

Forget food aid, cows and job training. An unprecedented 12-year experiment in Kenya tests the power of cash.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Los Angeles Times reporter Mark Barabak about how some hold Republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy responsible for the loss of five House seats in California.

The "Saturday Night Live" star who perfected his impersonation of "President George W. Bush" and later took his presidential act to Broadway received the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor — nation's top humor prize — Sunday night in Washington.

Attorney General Eric Holder faces calls for his resignation following controversy over his testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week. Critics are questioning his denial of involvement in the prosecution of press members for recent leaks.

Minnesota law enforcement and the FBI are investigating an ICE officer's fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman. And, Health Secretary RFK Jr. unveils new dietary guidelines for Americans.

President Trump canceled a meeting to discuss government funding with top Democrats in Congress, leaving no clear path to avoiding a government shutdown next week.

The number of Americans who call themselves independents is at a record high. But they're not the huge, impressionable bloc of swing voters you might think.