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The Democratic-controlled House passed legislation Friday that combines billions in aid to farmers with funds for low-income nutrition programs — this, despite a veto threat from President Bush.

Late last year, just a week before Election Day, three guests on Tell Me More told listeners about their decision not to cast a vote for anyone on Nov. 4. Now, a week before the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, host Michel Martin checks-in with two of the men who said they weren't voting. Not everything went as planned.

It has been five years since the U.S. Navy left the Puerto Rican island of Vieques. Now the area is becoming commercially developed, and that is threatening one of the world's brightest bioluminescent bays.

Do you think the problems that face California are bigger Democrat versus Republican or left against right? "California Crackup" is a new book that offers some solutions. We talk to the book's co-author, Mark Paul, and UCSD Political Scientist, Thad Kousser, about what they think could fix our broken government.

Mayor Ray Nagin and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu will meet in a May runoff election to decide who will serve the next term as mayor of New Orleans. John Mercurio of the National Journal discusses post-Katrina politics in the Big Easy with Debbie Elliott.

The legal drinking age in the United States remains unchanged over the past two decades, but the debate is back. We speak with advocates on both sides of the debate whom have different perspectives on

Two families who lost their homes during last month's wildfires have filed lawsuits against San Diego Gas & Electric Co. accusing the utility of negligence for failing to clear vegetation around its p

The Census Bureau says there are 47 million people in the U.S. without health insurance; more than 5 million of them, according to a study recently released by the Urban Institute, are children. Many wind up in expensive emergency rooms.

President Bush's emergency stimulus package proposes to put cash in the hands of consumers. Most observers expect that relief to take the form of tax rebate checks. But it's not yet clear how much the checks will be for, or who will qualify for them.

The 26-year-old Princeton alum has been stop-lossed in Sadr City. Over the next few months, he'll be answering listeners' questions about his experience. In his first batch of answers, he discusses how he fills his spare time, why his soldiers sometimes make fun of him and what he'd tell a kid who's considering a future in the military.