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Today, the House voted to override President Clinton's veto of a bill banning some late-term abortions. The 285-137 vote was in line with the margin by which the House passed the bill last spring. The Senate vote at that time was well short of the two-thirds margin that would be needed to complete the override. Opponents of the type of abortion described in the bill call the procedure a "partial birth" abortion and say it is immoral. Defenders of the practice say it is sometimes the only procedure available to protect a woman's health. NPR's Brian Naylor reports on today's vote.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including White House spokesman Ari Fleischer; Robert Hormats, vice chairman of Goldman Sachs International; Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS); Senator Strom Thurmond (R-SC); Louisiana Republican Senate candidate Suzanne Haik Terrell; Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA); White House spokesman Ari Fleischer; Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz; and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

In his new book, The Right Man, author and sometime Morning Edition Commentator David Frum writes about what few have seen: The inner workings of the Bush administration. NPR's Renee Montagne talks with Frum about his time at the White House and his opinion of President Bush. The Right Man: The Surprise Presidency of George W. Bush, is published by Random House; ISBN: 0375509038.

House Republicans pass budget framework advancing Trump agenda, the conflicting messaging over who's in charge of some government decision-making, egg farmers say they're losing the bird flu battle.

The longtime Illinois House Speaker was sentenced this month to federal prison.

Police officers backed Trump's reelection, but police reform advocates wonder what that will mean for police accountability

Police officers backed Trump's reelection, but police reform advocates wonder what that will mean for police accountability

Despite the enormous destruction Hurricane Sandy caused to the Jersey Shore, realtors who specialize in the region say business has been steady. Plenty of home buyers and investors appear eager to jump into the market. Damaged homes and lots have been selling for discounted rates, while prices are inching up on houses that survived since there are simply fewer properties available.

A for-profit detention center in Kansas that's been plagued with violence may be trying to do an end run against a presidential executive order by moving to house immigrant detainees.

Portland is using American Rescue Plan money to build tiny home villages for a growing number of homeless people. Not all communities, however, are embracing these villages.