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Omaha, Neb., is home to a toss-up Congressional race this year. Voters have shown a willingness to vote for moderate candidates from both parties, but has the definition of a moderate now changed?

NPR’s Ailsa Chang talks to senior economist at Wells Fargo, Sarah House, about the revision in jobs numbers that show the U.S. economy employed 818,000 fewer people that originally reported in March.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter about the planned resignations of Congressmen Eric Swalwell and Tony Gonzales and the ethics behind them.

Hunter Biden appeared behind closed doors to provide testimony in the House GOP impeachment inquiry into his father, President Joe Biden.

GOP hardliners are balking at a government funding compromise negotiated by House and Senate leaders. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia about the impasse.

Bill Gates was on Capitol Hill to answer questions about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Gates told lawmakers he was not aware of Epstein's crimes.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Republican strategist Ron Bonjean about the U.S. House vote to remove California Congressman Kevin McCarthy has speaker.

Journalist Anjali Kamat spent a year investigating Trump's business deals in India. Her report is in the New Republic and on the WNYC podcast, Trump Inc., which is co-hosted by Andrea Bernstein.

The White House hopes to refocus immigration arrests as protests against them continue in Minneapolis.

More developments could be coming in the Whitewater investigation, because special counsel Kenneth Starr has said he expects to wrap up his probe this year. NPR's Phillip Davis reports the investigation has moved from looking at events that took place in the 1970's in Arkansas to related events in Washington in the '90's. It also has been expanded to include the handling of FBI files by some White House staff, and possible contradictions in statements made by a former presidential counsel to a House committee.