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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said the first order of business will be a vote on campaign finance reform. House committees also will launch investigations of Trump administration officials.

The Saudis accounted for a quarter of all sales by Germany. It's part of an emerging pattern of weapons purchases by Saudi Arabia and its neighbor United Arab Emirates. Both countries are major customers of the U.S., the world's No. 1 arms seller.

Democratic senators Dick Durbin and Tom Harkin went to Republican Rep. Steve King's Iowa district on Friday to refute his statement about "Dreamers" — young people brought to the U.S. by undocumented parents — that even some top Republicans called outrageous.

Villanova and Kansas, both top seeds, will face each other while No. 11 Loyola-Chicago will play No. 3 Michigan on Saturday in the semifinals in San Antonio, Texas.

The Philadelphia Eagles won the Super Bowl for the first time in history on Sunday. NPR's Gene Demby is from Philadelphia, and talks about what the win means for the city and for him.

Solicitor General Elena Kagan's nomination to the Supreme Court will likely create a critical opening at the top of the Justice Department, even as other key legal posts requiring Senate confirmation remain unfilled.

The stock markets may be sinking, but the price of gold is on the rise — it topped $1,700 an ounce Monday. The spike in gold is a sign that nervous investors think there's nowhere else safe to put their money, economists say.

Numbers from the World Health Organization put Sierra Leone at the top of the list for cases of Ebola. Yusuf Mackery explains what's being done to prevent infection and raise public awareness.

The Mexican government is launching an investigation into a helicopter crash that resulted in the death of one of the country's top officials. NPR's Mexico correspondent Jason Beaubien talks to host Audie Cornish about what prompted the probe.

President Trump is pushing the Senate to abandon the filibuster and pass the SAVE American Act, a bill top Democrat calls "Jim Crow 2.0."