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Congress returns this week and Republicans will take up the unresolved matter Speaker John Boehner's successor. And Hillary Clinton will go before the House Benghazi Committee. Cokie Roberts explains.

The Fader had a terrific profile of the Minnesota House's first Somali-American Muslim member, Rep. Ilhan Omar, who is standing firm against the so-called Muslim ban.

The government is telling parents looking for their children to dial a 1-800 number. One legal coordinator says in her experience, parents aren't getting information for four or five days.

"It's going to take different leadership at the top," said Don Fox, a former acting director of the Office of Government Ethics. "And that means a different occupant in the White House."

Three Massachusetts communities are recovering from a series of natural gas explosions that rocked the region on Thursday. At least one person was killed. Residents have a lot of questions.

A volcanic eruption on Hawaii's Big Island has destroyed 26 homes so far and nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated. There are 10 active fissures still spewing lava and toxic gas. A new housing division about 12 miles from the volcano is most at risk.

The lower house of parliament OK'd the bill, which is likely to sail through the upper house too. "We are ready to think and act beyond narrow short-term and vested interests," one lawmaker vowed.

The House speaker also said he would not invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to address Congress if he visits in the fall: "That's something we reserve for allies."

Rumors have swirled that Republican delegates could nominate Ryan in a multiballot convention. Ryan put those rumors to rest, definitively ruling himself out.

French police have targeted and fired tear gas on makeshift homes where 3,500 refugees live in Calais. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to aid worker Clare Moseley from Care4Calais about the scene.