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The enhanced payments expand the existing child tax credit to $3,000 from $2,000 and provide an extra $600 for kids under age 6.

But while some Republicans were visibly moved by a new video from Jan. 6, it is still likely that not enough Republicans will join Democrats to convict Trump.

On Twitter this weekend, Pope Francis celebrated five newly recognized #saints — but that hastag is usually about the New Orleans Saints. The team went on to defeat the Jacksonville Jaguars, 13-6.

A Colorado woman gave her daughter, 6, an old phone to play with. KDVR reports a 911 dispatcher heard a child's voice on the line. Officers arrived to find a stuffed bunny needing medical attention.

Municipalities are increasingly going to the bond market to pay their court settlement costs.

Tropical Storm Frances makes its second landfall in Florida, churning into the state's panhandle with an expected 10 inches of rain and 65 miles-an-hour wind. Over the weekend, the storm plowed into Florida's Atlantic coast as a category two hurricane. More than 6 million people lost electricity as powerful winds and rain knocked down trees and damaged homes and boats. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Tess Vigeland of Marketplace about a ruling by a federal judge that a gender-discrimination lawsuit against the giant Wal-Mart retail chain could move forward as a class action suit. The decision makes this the largest civil-rights action case ever brought against a private employer in the United States, and could involve more than 1.6 million current and former employees.

The University of Louisiana Monroe Sound of Today Marching Band, led by Dr. Allen Parrish, will give a performance at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, August 13 in Malone Stadium.

President Bush proposes adding up to 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border to curb illegal immigration, as well as creating a temporary or "guest" worker program. The president delivered a speech on immigration in a live address Monday.

A new report says more Americans are leaving for work between 5 a.m. and 6:30 a.m. and are commuting for longer periods of time. Commuters talk about more time spent on the road, as we continue our series: America at 300 million.