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Congress is examining the media's coverage of last November's election night results. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce invited executives from the Voter News Service and the major networks to speak at a hearing today. NPR's Lynn Neary is covering the hearing.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that dozens of the nation's wealthiest citizens have signed a petition urging Congress not to repeal the estate tax.

The founder of a support group for people who have caused accidental death or injury has some personal insight on the emotions stirred up by the killing of a cast member on the set of the movie Rust.

When former Yugoslavian leader Slobodan Milosevic lost the presidential election last September, young people celebrated. His defeat was largely the result of a grassroots effort led by a group of mostly young people called "Otpor" or "Resistance. Host Lisa Simeone speaks with one of the members of Otpor, Slobodan Homen.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on former President Bill Clinton's defense of his pardon of fugitive financier Marc Rich.

More than 900 Kurdish refugees are stranded on the coast of France. They paid thousands of dollars to smugglers who ran their boat aground and then abandoned the would-be immigrants. NPR's Sarah Chayes talks about the fate of the refugees and the experience of hiding in a small boat to escape one's homeland.

Part of President George W. Bush's tax plan calls for the elimination of the estate tax. Host Lisa Simeone talks with Janet Hook of the LA Times who says that the repeal of the estate tax has moved to the bottom of the tax cut agenda.

NPR's Rob Gifford talks to host Lisa Simeone about a new tax fraud scam in China that could be the worst corruption scandal since Communists took over the country in 1949.

The head of the office of Federal Student Aid, Richard Cordray, spoke with lawmakers about loan forgiveness and a resumption of student loan repayments after the pandemic pause.

The White House will not hold Halloween its traditional Halloween festivities this year because President Biden and the first lady Jill Biden will be traveling overseas.