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Late-night TV host David Letterman, who's retiring soon, doesn't like the religious freedom law in Indiana. Comedian-turned-senator Al Franken proposed Letterman move home and run for the U.S. Senate.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on how elections and candidates are portrayed in movies, including All the President's Men, Bulworth, and The Best Man. Film critics say the main plot of these films is to take a likable, decent person and transform him into something he isn't.

Linda talks with David Brooks of the Weekly Standard and Paul West of the Baltimore Sun about the Republican presidential candidates, Whitewater and the week in which House Speaker Newt Gingrich beat a tactical retreat from his hard line on the budget.

Host Liane Hansen talks with Doyle McManus, Washington bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, about the resignations of two members of President Bush's economic team and the re-election victory of Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA).

Tomorrow, a local Republican primary will be held in Oakland County, Michigan. NPR's Don Gonyea reports that the incumbent county prosecutor is being challenged by a former assistant prosecutor, who says there has been too much time and money spent prosecuting Jack Kevorkian for assisting suicides.

President Trump unveiled his budget proposal Thursday with an emphasis on increased spending for the military and the Department of Homeland Security. The…

NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports that even as the fires are doused in the west, the debate over how best to manage the nation's public forests is heating up in Washington, DC. While both sides sound like they agree on the best policy, when they get down to the details of policy, they may still be miles apart.

The White House is reeling after the president fired James Comey as FBI director earlier this week. The Trump administration said Comey tarnished the…

After a week of turmoil for GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump, Steve Inskeep discusses the fallout with columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts and Republican analyst John Feehery.

The Clinton Administration announced today in Geneva that it will push for a legally binding treaty to combat global climate change. Such a treaty would limit emissions of greenhouse gases -- chiefly carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels. NPR's David Baron reports that the U.S. position has sparked odd -- but predictable -- coalitions of countries and industries on both sides of the proposal.