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With only a couple of months before the election, authorities are putting out word that federal employees need to beware of the line between protected political activity and prohibited electioneering. A few high-profile dustups have attracted attention already this year and watchdogs are investigating 168 possible violations of the Hatch Act.

Captain Fatty Goodlander has been sending Weekend Edition Sunday stories of his travels aboard his boat, The Wild Card. His latest tale explains why it's nearly impossible to "out gift" a Polynesian host.

The U.S. military is out of Afghanistan. Hurricane Ida left behind a path of destruction in Louisiana. The federal government is looking into five states' efforts to stop schools from requiring masks.

The past three summers have been the worst on record for Florida's coral reefs. To try to restore them, scientists are breeding corals that can handle heat better, using coral from other countries.

We talk to students at the University of Houston to see how they are faring after Tropical Storm Harvey caused widespread flooding.

The attorney for Rene Boucher says "a matter that most people would regard as trivial" is behind an incident that left Sen. Rand Paul with five broken ribs.

Because her chief of staff allegedly abused one of her other employees and wasn't immediately fired, Democratic Rep. Elizabeth Esty of Connecticut has announced she won't run for re-election.

While the Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning down to the wire in the important states of Texas and Ohio, the GOP presidential frontrunner took the weekend off. Sen. John McCain returns to the campaign trail Monday in Texas, where he's hoping to solidify his party's nomination.

Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of Civil Rights Queen, tells NPR's Ailsa Chang how identity and lived experience loomed large in the confirmation of Constance Baker Motley to the federal bench in 1966.

Knitting superstar Debbie Stoller tells Liane Hansen about her latest stitch-by-stitch instruction book, The Happy Hooker. This time, Stoller takes on the art of crocheting.