Ryland Bartner

The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee heard testimony today suggesting the virus originally came from a lab in China.

NPR's Katie Riddle reports.

The Senate has confirmed Kevin Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

The vote brings new leadership to the world's most powerful central bank at a fraught moment for the global economy.

The Fed is trying to confront stubborn inflation and deep divisions over interest rates.

The S&P 500 rose more than half a percent today.

This is NPR News from Washington.

Chronic wasting disease has been discovered in the National Elk Refuge in Wyoming.

It adds urgency to a 2021 plan to reexamine the size of the 11,000-strong Jackson elk herd, the nation's largest migratory herd.

The first case of the disease in the refuge was discovered last month.

Chronic wasting disease is always fatal and easily transmissible.

The State Department says it will suspend a requirement that some World Cup fans pay a bond of up to $15,000 to come to the U.S.

this summer.

NPR's Becky Sullivan has more.

A museum in Illinois is wondering how it got a speeding ticket for its replica of the car in the TV show Knight Rider that hasn't moved from its display in years.

The Volo Museum near Chicago says it got a $50 ticket from New York City.

It includes traffic cam photos of a black Trans Am with California license plate Knight.

It's unclear why the museum ended up with the ticket.

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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Ryland Bartner.