NPR News: 04-14-2026 8PM EDT

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Louise Schiavone. Facing explicit allegations of sexual misconduct, two members of Congress have announced their resigning. What is really fair is to ask the question, why didn't these women feel that they would have the protection they needed to come forward? I mean I I presume it's because they were fearful of retaliation or being ostracized from getting another job on the hill. But that's what I'm calling on my former colleagues in Congress to do. Find out why they didn't think that they would be protected enough. Also leaving Congress early, Texas Republican Tony Gonzalez, after admitting to an affair with a staff member who later died by suicide. Section seven oh two of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the government to collect the electronic communications of foreign nationals located outside of the United States without a warrant. And according to the government, the trove of information collected through the program informs a huge portion of the President's Daily Intelligence. Sometimes though, the surveillance targets communicate with Americans, and some lawmakers of both parties want to require a targeted court order before the government can peruse those specific calls, texts, and emails. The government says that reform would hamstring surveillance and jeopardize national security, and that process reforms enacted