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Top health officials responsible for the government's pandemic response testified before a Senate committee Wednesday. Democratic lawmakers expressed concern about political interference in science.

KASU News for June 23, 2025: Lawmakers react to Iran strikes, farm cuts debated, Ten Commandments suit, Rick Faris performs, and Aloy wins Golden Spikes.

Host Elissa Nadworny speaks with NPR music journalist Stephen Thompson about new albums from Feist and Black Thought.

Majerle Lister lives part-time with his grandmother on the Navajo Nation reservation. He's driven by social justice issues and, after backing Bernie Sanders, is reluctantly supporting Hillary Clinton.

Pianist and composer Bruce Adolphe returns with a classical twist to the "name that tune" game. He rewrites a popular melody in the style of a classical composer and challenges a listener — teamed with NPR's Fred Child — to identify both. This week's contestant is Andy Case of Muncie, Ind.

After seeing one too many advertisements about Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder, couch potato and commentator Mike Fisch daydreams about how chemicals can enhance his life, making him "better stronger, faster."

Also: Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C) meets President Trump today over his Charlottesville response; Myanmar's leader won't attend a U.N. session over the Rohingya crisis; and new crew join the space station.

Also: Rock musician Tom Petty has died; the Supreme Court takes up a gerrymandering case; and baseball's Hall of Fame is getting a bobblehead museum collection.

Also: Toys 'R Us files for bankruptcy protection; Senate Republicans try again to replace Obamacare; and there are 250 new words in Merriam-Webster's dictionary.

Also: A Saudi coalition will ease a blockade on Yemen; U.S. Democrats attend the climate summit in Germany; and a federal jury resumes work in the conspiracy trial of Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ).