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NPR's Noah Adams talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about the newly released Pentagon report on the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal, which reveals that failures by top Defense Department staff and military leaders may have led to the abuse.

A dozen writers for America's Next Top Model, the hit reality show, are on strike. Their goal is to unionize reality TV writers. Without their efforts, Model maestro Tyra Banks and other reality show stars might sometimes be at a loss for words.

After California Democrats voted for a plan to gerrymander congressional districts, a top Republican is proposing to split the state in two. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Assemblyman James Gallagher.

Jurors report they are split 6-6 in the murder trial of former Ku Klux Klan leader Edgar Ray Killen. The 80-year-old defendant is accused of organizing the killing of three voting rights volunteers in Philadelphia, Miss., in 1964. It was one of the civil rights era's most notorious crimes.

Michael Moore's documentary about President Bush's war on terror -- Fahrenheit 9/11 -- has won the Palme d'Or, top prize at the Cannes Film Festival. The politically charged film explores the links between the Bush family and Saudi Arabia. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Los Angeles Times film critic Ken Turan.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin, a member of the House committee investigating Jan. 6, about the hearing on Tuesday, July 12.

In an indictment unsealed yesterday in federal court, the rapper — who rose to prominence last year — could face a life sentence if given maximum sentences for the charges.

With Democrats winning control of the House in the midterm elections, GOP representatives and party freshmen elected leaders to run a smaller, more conservative conference in the next Congress.

Part of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' resiliency this campaign cycle is because of his popularity with Latinos. Polling indicates Sanders is the preferred candidate for a plurality of Latinos.

Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the new head of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, says she'll focus her time in charge on getting more Americans insured.