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President Biden and President-elect Trump met for almost two hours and discussed a funding bill that Congress needs to pass by Dec. 21, as well as ongoing support for Ukraine, the White House said.

McConnell announced his plans Wednesday on the Senate floor, where he talked about waiting for a day when he would have total clarity about the end of his work: "That day arrived today."

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, nearly a year after they met outside Jerusalem.

In recent days, Israeli forces have traded artillery and rocket fire with Hezbollah, the Iranian-backed militia that operates in Lebanon. People near Israel's northern border share how they feel.

Trump withdrew Isaacman's nomination in May, citing the billionaire's donations to Democrats and ties to Elon Musk. He was renominated last month and confirmed by a 67-30 Senate vote on Wednesday.

The alleged gunman has been identified as Cole Allen, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

In the past few weeks we've frequently heard warnings that the once robust American economy could be headed for recession. But is it an appropriate term? Is the economy in the process of making a "soft landing," or a "hard landing?" Is it on the brink of a "down turn" or a "recession?" Robert Siegel addresses these questions to Jeremy Siegel (no relation), Professor of Finance at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and author of Stocks for the Long Run. (4:30)Stocks for the Long Run, is published by McGraw Hill, 1998.

More than 300 superdelegates across the country have yet to commit to either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. California has the most superdelegates, and nearly two dozen of them are uncommitted — about twice as many as any other state. One of them is Rep. Sam Farr.

Robert talks with Ben Wittes, who covers the Justice Department for the Legal Times, about Attorney General Janet Reno. Reno is expected today to submit her recommendations regarding the appointment of an independent counsel in the current campaign-finance investigations. Wittes, who has been following how Reno has interpreted the laws and regulations that surround usage of the independent counsel statute, says that Reno has been willing to appoint counsel in the face of opposition from both the President and the Republicans on Capitol Hill.

Paul Hutchinson is a Boston University lecturer and co-curator of an exhibit on New Hampshire’s summer camp history. It's on view at the Museum of the…