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A new review and testimony from investigators with the U.S. Government Accountability Office offer the clearest picture yet of the aid form's troubled rollout.

President Trump wants lower risk areas in the U.S. to resume business as usual as soon as possible. And, the House is set to pass the largest emergency relief package in U.S. history.

Stone is to be arraigned Tuesday as part of the special counsel's Russia probe. U.S. indicts Chinese telecommunications giant on 13 criminal counts. U.S. announces new sanctions against Venezuela.

A road-trip movie from director Alexander Payne (Sideways) follows a man en route to collect a million-dollar prize that probably never was. NPR's Bob Mondello says the black-and-white film is just the latest achievement from a talented filmmaker. (Recommended)

The week's tech coverage was dominated by Bitcoin, the cyber-currency that was the focus of a congressional hearing, and by video games, which were the subject NPR explored in its weekly tech theme. And a few other things caught our eye.

Today, President Obama announced a massive effort with major publishers to make thousands of e-book titles free for low-income kids.

Earlier Thursday, the Financial Times itself had reported that the newspaper's publisher was on the verge of being sold to German media group Alex Springer.

Also: Quebec mulls setting the prices of books; Junot Diaz on his writing habits.

Also: Philip Roth schedules another interview; Neil Patrick Harris' autobiography.

Writer Gary Shteyngart may have no idea what Zardoz is about, but that doesn't stop him from knowing the science-fiction novel by heart. For a nerd like him, nothing compares to the post-apocalyptic world full of floating heads and immortal beings.