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Indian police say they killed two Pakistani militants during a shootout in a New Delhi shopping mall. The two were suspected of belonging to a group opposed to India's presence in the disputed Kashmir region. NPR's Michael Sullivan reports.

The race to replace the late Paul Wellstone in Minnesota could determine which party controls the Senate. President Bush campaigned there Sunday. There are several other tight races around the country. NPR News reports.

Democrats hope to hold the Senate and take control of the House. And President Bush conducts a marathon campaign swing in an effort to push Congress into Republican hands. Hear more from NPR's Bob Edwards, NPR's Cokie Roberts and NPR's Mara Liasson.

In some cases, the Georgia Democratic Party's attempt to hold on to power by redrawing electoral districts didn't work. Host Steve Inskeep talks with newly elected Republican Rep. Max Burns.

Psychologists in a hospital in Buenos Aires are trying to help their patients cope by putting them in front of a microphone. As NPR's Martin Kaste reports, on Radio La Colifata, or Crazy Radio, you can listen in as patients chitchat about popular culture, play their favorite songs, and even try to explain what lead them to a breakdown.

Democratic strategist Mark Mellman disagrees with the notion that his party lost big on Election Day. Mellman joins NPR's Steve Inskeep to discuss what he thinks needs to be done to reinvigorate the party.

It was something like the movie Outbreakmeets Eloise at the Plaza. Last week a Washington area day care center received an anthrax threat. Kids and teachers made it out the door in seconds flat, into the cold and rain. They took refuge at the luxurious Monarch Hotel next door, where they were treated like tiny royalty. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Charyn Cade of Capital Kids daycare and George Terpilowski of the Monarch Hotel.

California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi campaigns for the position of House minority leader. She talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about why the Democrats collapsed on Election Day.

Republican Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire prepares to take over as chairman of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee. Gregg tells NPR's Steve Inskeep about some of the policies he wants to change.

An international public opinion poll shows a dramatic lack in trust of democratic institutions and international companies. The first Voice of the People survey, which polled 36,000 people in 47 countries, also finds a lack of trust in trade unions and media organizations. Hear Doug Miller, who helped design the poll.

Just days after being appointed by Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura to temporarily fill the seat of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, Dean Barkley arrives in Washington to assume his duties. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Sen. Barkley.

Three candidates emerge to replace Rep. Dick Gephardt (D-MO) as House minority leader. Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) joins congressional veterans Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX) and Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). NPR's Bob Edwards discusses Democratic leadership with professor Jack Pitney of California's Claremont McKenna College.

In an Instagram video, college football and basketball reporter Allison Williams said, "I cannot put a paycheck over principle." She cited medical reasons for not getting a COVID-19 vaccine.

Federal authorities transfer custody of Washington, D.C.-area sniper suspects John Allen Muhammad and John Lee Malvo to Virginia. The two will face trial separately in state court in two different counties. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

Accused sniper John Lee Malvo, 17, is ordered held without bail after a hearing Friday in Fairfax County, Va. A preliminary hearing was held earlier in the day in Prince William County, Va., for 41-year-old John Allen Muhammad, the other suspect in a string of killings in the Washington, D.C. area and the Deep South. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Tax cuts remain high on the Republican agenda for the new Congress. The Bush administration hopes to make permanent a $1.3-trillion tax cut passed by Congress last year. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

Third-term Rep. Harold Ford (D-TN) joins a growing list of candidates for House minority leader, along with congressional veterans Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Martin Frost (D-TX). Jacqueline Fellows of member station WPLN reports.

The U.N. Security Council unanimously passes a resolution demanding that Iraq disarm and ordering new weapons inspections. President Bush welcomes the development. Iraq is silent. NPR News reports.

The former president is suing the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack, as well as the National Archives, to prevent the turnover of documents related to the event.

Satirists Bruce Kluger and David Slavin imagine that Hollywood is rushing to catch up to current events as the U.N. resolution on Iraq has passed today. They fashion of movie "trailer" of a film, Iraqi Two, in which Sylvester Stallone plays George W, Bush and Burgess Meredith is his father, as the younger president sets out to fight Saddam Hussein in a cinematic showdown. (2:45)