Nora Rahm

The Supreme Court heard arguments today on whether a president has the authority to fire a member of the Federal Reserve.

President Trump wants to fire Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook.

He accuses her of mortgage fraud, which she denies.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh, a Trump appointee, said allowing this could have consequences in the future.

The Federal Reserve Board was set up to be independent to protect it from political pressure.

A congressional panel heard testimony on a public benefits fraud scandal in Minnesota.

One witness was the right-wing influencer whose video allegations sparked new attention to the issue.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

And you're listening to NPR News in Washington.

More soldiers are being told to prepare to go to Minnesota.

A U.S.

official has confirmed to NPR that an Army Military Police Battalion stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, has received a repair-to-deploy order to Minnesota.

Last week, 1,500 soldiers with the Army's 11th Airborne Division in Alaska returned

receive the same order.

A new study from the Pew Research Center finds that over the past decade, Catholicism in Latin America has declined sharply.

Aleja Herzler-McCain of Religious News Service reports.

Pork processor Smithfield Foods will buy Nathan's Famous, which has been selling hot dogs for more than a century.

The deal is worth $450 million.

Nathan's was started as a hot dog cart in 1916 by immigrant Nathan Handwerker on Coney Island, New York, the site of a hot dog eating contest every Fourth of July.

I'm Nora Rahm, NPR News.