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Rachel Martin talks to Rep. Frank Pallone, top-ranking Democrat on the panel that will consider the ACA replacement bill. Democrats say they're being prevented from seeing a copy of the bill.

Democrats elected the former Obama labor secretary as the party chair at the Democratic National Committee meeting in Atlanta today. Perez picked his final opponent Rep. Keith Ellison as deputy chair.

On Capitol Hill, news about the attorney general came as the House Intelligence Committee agreed on the scope of its investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

Winner, a 25-year-old Air Force veteran, is accused of mailing classified material to an online news outlet. A report Monday in The Intercept details a Russian cyberattack on U.S. election systems.

A new study confirms what some researchers have been saying for decades — standardized tests have little or no value in predicting students' success in college. So why do institutions use them?

In Michigan, a state that went for President Trump in 2016, the Democrats for governor are trying to top one another as "the most progressive". Tuesday, voters get their say.

Asian-Americans have displaced African-Americans as the most economically divided group in the U.S., according to the Pew Research Center. Food pantries are seeing growing needs among Asian-Americans.

"Everybody's got to get out there and find the piece that they can do," the Democratic Massachusetts senator says. She talks to NPR's Audie Cornish about her new book, the middle class and activism.

In California, officials continue to investigate the Thomas Fire — the largest wildfire in modern California history. A growing number of lawsuits claim a failed water system is a key reason hundreds of homes burned.

NPR's Mary Louise speaks with Michael Schneider, executive editor of IndieWire, about the Olympics as a TV event this year. It'll be a year without Matt Lauer and Bob Costas.