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NPR's Steve Inskeep reports on President Bush's plan to cut taxes. Many members of Congress fear the plan will follow the pattern of the Reagan tax-cut in 1981, which quickly ballooned with breaks and favors for special interests.

Host Bob Edwards talks with David Field, USA Today airline reporter, on the Bush administration's plans to cut $368 million from the Federal Aviation Administration's budget for the next fiscal year -- in a time of high stress for airports, airlines, and passengers.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports China is threatening to ban the practice of Falun Gong in Hong Kong, saying the former British colony is being used as a base for anti-Chinese activities.

East Peoria Community High School's administration has forecasted a debate on the school's usage of Native American iconography on the horizon for quite some time. Now, the district is reckoning with how to tackle it as the issue hits home.

NPR's John Nielsen has talked with researchers who went into the north woods and threw wolf dung at moose, and reports that moose can't distinguish it from shinola. That's bad because the scent of wolf should scare moose away. With wolves being reintroduced into the wild, moose had better learn. The researchers are happy to report that, eventually, they do. They're not stupid, just forgetful.

NPR's Anne Garrels reports from Moscow that Doctors without Borders aid worker Kenny Gluck spoke to reporters today after his kidnapping last month in Chechnya. Gluck was freed over the weekend, after 25 days in captivity.

NPR's Mike Shuster in Jerusalem reports a car bomb exploded in Jerusalem today, injuring one person, just two days after rightwing leader Ariel Sharon won a sweeping victory in Israel's election for Prime Minister. Sharon is now consulting with the Labor Party of his defeated rival, Ehud Barak, in a bid to form a national unity government. Sharon might have to moderate some of his right-wing views to ensure Labor's participation. That has some of Israel's West Bank settlers uncertain about what approach Sharon will take to their presence in the occupied territories.

The EB-5 visa grants permanent U.S. residence to anyone investing a half million dollars in a U.S.-based development project. Eighty percent of EB-5 recipients are Chinese. NPR takes a look at why they are applying for these visas.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Philadelphia Inquirer reporter Jeremy Roebuck about the latest in the jury selection for the Bill Cosby sexual assault trial.

The Turkish businessman who paid Michael Flynn $530,000 to lobby for the Turkish government is heading up a conference held at the Trump International Hotel, a few blocks from both the White House and the FBI. The event comes at a time when all of Trump's tangled interests are being scrutinized, but that doesn't seem to bother the participants.