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A new study finds that for nearly 4 million poor people with severe disabilities, a key U.S. government subsidy has not kept pace with rising rents -- forcing many into sub-standard housing. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports.

The White House seems to be standing firmly behind Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, despite increasing complaints about his performance. This week, some prominent Republicans and retired generals went public with criticisms. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

Youth Radio commentator Calen Robertson remembers childhood days during which he stayed with his divorced dad at "borrowed" houses -- a network of friends' homes where he and his brothers could briefly live with their dad in a joint-custody limbo.

In a Sunday appearance on NBC's Meet The Press, Sen. John Kerry accuses President Bush of a "stunningly ineffective" foreign policy. The White House responds with a Sunday briefing of its own. NPR's Libby Lewis reports.

Newsweek columnist Daniel Gross says a lot of people use home equity to buy big-ticket items, such as boats and cars, and those industries are already blaming a downturn in business on the problems in the housing market.

A measure that would expand “video gaming” in the state passed out of a House committee Thursday.It would allow licensed businesses that create alcoholic…

Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock has returned to the floor of the House of Representatives for the first time since his resignation. Schock was on the House…

In a deposition released today, a Secret Service agent told a House panel that the White House had overruled a Secret Service decision to deny White House security passes to a number of employees who had used drugs in the past. The White House set up a voluntary drug testing program, and Senate Republicans say they will hold hearings on that program. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports.

In the second of two reports on the reinvention of the nursing home, NPR's Joseph Shapiro visits Tupelo, Miss., to see if the way a nursing home looks can change the way people live. The experiment is based on a concept called the Green House Project.

Former President Bill Clinton joins President Bush at the White House Monday for the unveiling of Clinton's official presidential portrait. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Simmie Knox, the 69-year-old African-American artist behind the portrait.