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  • Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, surrounded by reporters in the U.S. Capitol. The committee will hold its hearing on its tax bill next week. Senators aim to pass it out of committee before the Thanksgiving holiday.
    GOP Senators Unveil Competing Tax Overhaul
    The House and Senate bills are structurally similar, but they diverge on some major policies that could be hard to reconcile before the end of the year.
  • Cui Tiankai, China's Ambassador to the U.S., at NPR in Washington, D.C.
    China's Ambassador To U.S. Reflects On 70 Years Of Communist Party Rule
    On the anniversary of the People's Republic of China, the country's top diplomat in Washington says it has "no interest in global dominance or hegemony; we just want our people to have a better life."
  • U.S. Media Groups Seek To Get Afghan Journalists Out Of Afghanistan
    Top executives of leading U.S. newspapers are turning to the Biden administration for help in getting Afghan journalists out of that country. Reporters say they believe the threat is dire.
  • Consumer Bureau Targets Improper Floreclosures
    The head of the Consumer Finance Protection Bureau says he wants to "extend new protections to consumers against the kind of shabby customer service and law-breaking by mortgage servicers that has been so thoroughly documented." The bureau has proposed new rules to help homeowners facing foreclosure. But housing advocates say it will all depend on enforcement.
  • Murkowski, Who Voted Against Trump, Is Likely Helped By Alaska's New Primary System
    Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski was the only GOP senator to vote to convict ex-President Trump who will face voters in 2022. But her state's new primary system likely means she'll be in less danger.
  • Filtering Provides Inexpensive Way to Clean Water
    Humanitarian groups are finding cheaper ways -- namely, filtering systems -- to clean up contaminated drinking water in developing nations. That could greatly reduce diseases caused by bacteria, viruses and parasites among the billion people worldwide who drink unsafe water.
  • Senate to Resume Debate on Bolton Nomination
    The Senate continues to debate the contentious nomination of John Bolton as U.S. envoy to the United Nations. Democrats allege Bolton may have mishandled classified information and are trying to delay a vote.
  • Smallpox Defense May Be Found in Mushrooms
    A rare mushroom that grows in the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest may offer protection from smallpox -- an infectious disease that security experts feel may be a biological weapon of choice for terrorists who wish to attack America.
  • Teacher Feature: 'Breaking Bad' on AMC
    Fresh Air's TV critic previews the new series Breaking Bad, about a cancer-stricken chemistry teacher who decides that cooking crystal meth is the best way to support his family after he's gone. The show premieres on the AMC cable channel on Jan. 20.
  • A leader in artificial intelligence is urging Congress to regulate it
    The CEO of OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, went before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday and called for regulation of artificial intelligence.
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