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The former NFL player served in the first Trump administration, promoting investment in distressed neighborhoods. Turner has said HUD is "failing at its most basic mission."

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.

A new White House mandate would require that 4-year-olds leaving the Head Start program take a literacy test. The Bush administration wants to make sure the program -- created to help increase the school readiness of children in low-income families -- is preparing children to read. NPR's Claudio Sanchez reports.

Enormous deficits loom over the federal budget this year and next. The White House is pressing Senate Republicans to trim nearly $10 billion from spending bills approved last year when Democrats ran the Senate. Democrats respond that the president's proposed tax cuts need trimming -- not federal spending. NPR's David Welna reports.

House of Sand and Fog is the first feature film from director and screenwriter Vadim Perelman. Though inexperienced, Perelman was able to persuade the author of the novel -- Andre Dubus III -- to sell him the rights by telling Dubus the story of his own emigration from the Soviet Union. Perelman speaks with NPR's Michele Norris.

The company says it will reveal on Monday what the "b" in IHOb stands for. Is it breakfast, brunch or biscuits? One report said it's burgers.

Turkeys Peanut Butter and Jelly will get the chance to see another day. The two lucky birds' names were revealed, with their videos posted, on the White House Twitter page.

The Illinois State University campus and Bloomington-Normal community are invited to an open house celebrating our new location on May 1 from 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Trump's Oval Office is decorated in gold. He's paved over the damp Rose Garden grass. He's even building a ballroom near the east wing.

The Zimbabwean government's campaign to wipe out shantytowns has left an estimated 200,000 people homeless. President Robert Mugabe says the three-week-old operation is a "cleanup" designed to restore the country's "sanity." Critics say it's intended to punish city dwellers for opposing Mugabe and have launched a two-day strike.