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Despite Congress being on a weeklong Memorial Day recess, House lawmakers have returned to Washington for a hearing on the FBI raid of Rep. William Jefferson's office. The search for documents provoked a standoff involving the White House, the Justice Department and House leaders over the reach of executive-branch powers.

Summer Austria Greenway remembers her father, Mario Austria, who died almost two years ago.

Commentator Mark Bowden says he is surprised that so many people tell him the U.S. was to blame for the hostage crisis in 1979. He says the Iranians were wrong then, and they're wrong now in their brinksmanship over nuclear weapons. Later this week, we will hear another point of view from Barry Rosen, who was one of the hostages in Iran.

There is a long list of former Goldman Sachs employees who've left Wall Street to work for the government. It's an unusual history of public service for a financial firm. Frank Langfitt reports.

On June 5, 1981, the Center for Disease Control published its first report on what has come to be known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. Guests talk about the devastating effects of the disease in the past quarter-century.

In anticipation of a French Open face-off between Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer, host Steve Inskeep talks to Bud Collins. The Boston Globe columnist, and NBC commentator, talks about the role of coaches during tennis matches.

A United Nations report on the status of the global AIDS epidemic estimates that there are 38 million people infected with HIV. The spread of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is slowing in the Caribbean and some parts of Africa. But it is taking off in Russia and Eastern Europe.

Table-saw accidents send more than 60,000 people to seek medical treatment every year, according to federal estimates. In an effort to get the power-tool industry to adopt safer technology, SawStop inventor Steven Gass visited the Consumer Product Safety Commission near Washington recently.

A new Massachusetts law would promote affordable insurance plans and allow people to pay for them with pre-tax dollars. The bill is currently before the state's Republican governor, Mitt Romney. NPR's Richard Knox spoke with Romney about the bill and its genesis.

The mystery of the flaws in one of Norman Rockwell's most famous illustrations for The Saturday Evening Post has been solved: The original has been found, hidden in a secret compartment in a family home, while the painting believed to be the original turns out to be a masterful forgery.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is grilled about federal domestic surveillance during an appearance at the House Judiciary Committee. Gonzales refused to elaborate on the program, other than to say he believes it is legal. Both Republicans and Democrats accused him of stonewalling.

A wide range of tunes for children is climbing the music charts — and much of it is acceptable to adult ears. Stefan Shepherd, who writes the kids music blog Zooglobble, talks to Melissa Block about his current favorite songs and artists.