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For children with Asperger's Syndrome and other mild forms of autism, the world can be an uncomfortable place. A summer camp in Washington, D.C. is teaching some the social skills -- as basic as making friends -- that come naturally to most people. NPR's Joseph Shapiro reports.

Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA) recently made headlines with her tough questioning of Condoleezza Rice during her confirmation hearings for Secretary of State. Boxer was also the only senator to object to the certification of Ohio's electoral votes.

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) says Democrats have gone a long way this week toward presenting presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry as a leader Americans can trust to keep them safe. Clinton calls Kerry a "serious man for a serious job in a serious time." The former first lady speaks with NPR's Tavis Smiley.

Democrat Barack Obama is still favored to win the U.S. Senate seat to be vacated by Republican Sen. Peter Fitzgerald of Illinois. But Republicans have asked former Republican presidential candidate Alan Keyes -- a Maryland resident -- to challenge Obama. Hear NPR's Tavis Smiley, columnist Laura Washington of the Chicago Sun-Times, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) and conservative talk show host Tom Roeser.

Former Sen. Eugene McCarthy died Saturday at the age of 89 at an assisted living residence in Washington, D,C. In 1968, the staunch opponent of the Vietnam War challenged President Lyndon Johnson for the Democratic presidential nomination, forcing LBJ from office and inspiring the antiwar movement.

America begins a week of mourning for former President Ronald Reagan, who died Saturday at age 93 after a decade-long battle with Alzheimer's disease. Reagan's body will lie in repose at his presidential library in California and in state at the Capitol in Washington, D.C. A state funeral is set for Friday, which will also be a national day of mourning. Hear NPR's Ina Jaffe.

To mark the one-year anniversary of the most popular Tiny Desk Concert ever and the 10th anniversary of his debut album, T-Pain played our Washington, D.C. headquarters.

China has been reluctant to support sanctions targeting North Korea's nuclear weapons program, according to analysts. Robert D. Kaplan, correspondent for Atlantic Monthly, says China hopes to see North Korea's Kim Jong Il fall from power.

Smithsonian scientists conclude that the body in a cast-iron coffin discovered by utility workers in Washington, D.C. two years ago is that of 15-year-old William Taylor White, who died in 1852. He was buried in the Columbia College cemetery.

The FAA says it has resolved problems in an automated system that caused problems for thousands of travelers in New York and the Washington, D.C., metro area.