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NPR's John Burnett reports on how former President George Bush's resignation from the NRA has affected other members of the organization. This past week, Bush wrote a letter of resignation from the group saying he was offended by comments from one NRA leader who referred to federal agents as "jack-booted thugs" and compared them to Nazis. NRA members have had a variety of reactions to Bush's move with some agreeing that the rifle association has gone too far while others just say "good riddance" to the former president.

NPR's Howard Berkes reports from Phoenix, Arizona, where the National Rifle Association is continuing its annual meeting. Today, NRA executive vice-president Wayne LaPierre sought to distance his organization from the militias and paramilitary groups we've been hearing so much about since the Oklahoma City bombing.

NPR's Jon Greenberg reports on the reasons behind the decision to close Pennsylvania Avenue, and he talks to a former secret service officer to assess the move.

Maker - NPR's Wendy Kaufman reports on the case of Paul Kim, a high school senior in the Seattle suburbs who got into trouble because of a World Wide Web site he created on the Internet that made fun of his school. The site, which also included links to other Web sites that had sexually explicit material, was not connected to his school in any official way. Kim says that the principal of his high school stripped him of his chance to win a national merit scholarship because of the site.

Sifan Hassan is going for it: three gold medals in three races. She's already won gold in one of them — the women's 5,000-meter race.

While Republicans' legislation includes a provision to give some people more notice of when they aren't legally allowed to vote, the bill also would add new criminal penalties.

"If we didn't lead this fight, nobody would," says a Beirut resident whose 3-year-old daughter was among the 217 killed in the blast. An official investigation has stalled. No one has been prosecuted.

"The requests single out President Trump because he is a Republican and a political opponent," the former president's lawyers say in a new motion.

She had been competing at the Tokyo Olympics. Timanovskaya is reuniting with her husband — who has also obtained a humanitarian visa.

Wildfires, smoke, heat waves or drought have hit large parts of the country. We want to hear if they're affecting your vacation or beloved summer tradition, and how you're adapting.

On her latest recording, Devil's Got Your Tongue, jazz singer Abbey Lincoln includes two songs about her parents -- both of whom are now dead. Lincoln says she composed the songs because there were a few things she still needed to write down and to say.

We visit a Suzuki music camp at Catholic University in Washington, D.C.

Jacki talks to film maker George Stoney and former cotton mill worker Lucille Thornburgh about the film the "Uprising of '34" to be aired on Public Television on Tuesday June 27th. Stoney tells how he wanted to let the people involved in the cotton strike tell their own story - and Lucille Thornburgh, now 85, was one of those that was there...

Danny talks with Robert Reichauer, former director of the Congressional Budget Office. They examine the difference between the "deficit" and the nation's "debt." This fiscal year the budet defict is projected at 175-billion dollars. The National debt will climb to Three-point-six trillion dollars.

From member station K-Q-E-D in San Francisco, Ancel Martinez reports what luxury car dealers are doing to try to stave off the economic hit of a one hundred percent tariff that might go into effect if the U.S. and Japan can't solve their trade dispute by the end of June.

Producer Dan Collison prepared this profile of a woman named Barbara, who is an illegal Polish immigrant living in Chicago. She's been there for three years and still finds herself caught -- legally, financially and emotionally --- between two worlds, and facing an uncertain future.

Daniel talks with Joe Jiskolski, senior special agent at the National Insurance Crime Bureau. Jiskolski was working with the FBI on a nationwide investigation into insurance fraud. Jiskolski, who is based in Indiana, says in his state they discovered a corruption scandal that included doctors, lawyers and police who were would fake accidents and than place false claims with the insurance companies.

NPR's Margot Adler reports on a recently completed study by two Columbia University anthropologists who examined the difficulties of finding a job at fast food restaurants in the inner city. They concluded that these jobs, while low paying, are coveted and that there are not enough of them to go around. 6:00 8. Profile of Minister - Daniel travels to the southwestern African country of Namibia and meets Libertine Amathila, the Namibian Minsiter of Housing and Local Government. She is the most politically powerful woman in the country and may be the first woman to run for president in Africa.

From Seattle, Paula Wissel of member station KPLU reports on the difficulties faced by the cellular telephone industry. In attempting to put up enough radio towers and antennas to complete a national wireless network, firms have run across local community opposition.