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Congress' attending physician announced vaccinated and unvaccinated House members will again have to mask up while in the U.S. Capitol or risk a fine.

It appears the historic Koinonia House on Knoxville Avenue may be spared an appointment with the wrecking ball, after all.

As part of NPR's year-long "Housing First" project, Morning Edition airs three reports on the economics of housing for some of the neediest Americans. In the second of three reports, NPR's Ina Jaffe reports from the once-gritty neighborhood of Venice Beach, Calif., now a hip destination for more affluent renters. Low-cost housing is drying up, and the elderly and poor are being pushed out.

As House Republican Leader Tom DeLay faces a likely investigation from the House Ethics Committee, his financial ties raise the specter of a conflict of interest in a probe. DeLay has contributed money to all five Republican members of the ethics panel -- and to almost every other House Republican.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum explains how Stalin killed millions in the '30s by orchestrating a famine to suppress the nationalist movement and strengthen Russian influence in Ukraine.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Edward Lengel, former Chief Historian of the White House Historical Association, about President Trump's plans to build a ballroom at the White House.

Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses have been accused of price-fixing the premiums charged to their customers. After a three-year investigation by the U.S. Justice Department, the houses have agreed to pay $512 million dollars, and a criminal investigation is pending. Host Jacki Lyden talks with arts reporter David D'Arcy.

White House Chief of Staff Leon Panetta. Panetta marks among his highest accomplishments bringing order to the White House staff and his role in the President's victory over congressional Republicans in the budget battle.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR White House Correspondent Don Gonyea about the U.S. view of this morning's agreement with the Chinese government to release the 24 U.S. Navy personnel held in southern China for 11 days. The White House has confirmed that an agreement has been reached.

A couple prepares to send their daughter off on her first day of kindergarten in a new piece of short fiction, "The First Day," read here by the author, Silas House. House's latest novel is titled A Parchment of Leaves.