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The Who at Wembley Stadium in July 2019.

The Who Announces First New Album In 13 Years, Shares 'Ball & Chain'

The veteran band's new single is a gritty swamp-rock critique of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the powers that have kept it open.

Sunday Puzzle: Eye-Oh

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMC listener Ellen Triebwasser of Red Hook, N.Y., and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sunday Puzzle: Hidden human body sentences

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Lauren Cusitello of San Diego, Cali.

The Olympic rings float in the water at sunset in the Odaiba section in Tokyo earlier this month.

Tokyo Olympics Organizers Aim To 'Simplify' Games

Japanese organizing officials said Wednesday that they want to "streamline" the games, which may include seeking to reduce the total number of participants. They haven't provided specific details.

The first panels of levee border wall are seen at a construction site along the U.S.-Mexico border last month in Donna, Texas. The new section, with 18-foot-tall steel bollards atop a concrete wall, will stretch approximately 8 miles.

Federal Judge Blocks Diversion Of Military Construction Money For Border Wall

A case brought by El Paso County, Texas, is similar to another won by the Sierra Club in California. The U.S. Supreme Court said wall construction can continue while the Trump administration appeals.

Sunday Puzzle: B's And L's

Listener Dustin Dickerson plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

President Trump talks with reporters after touring a section of the southern border wall in September in Otay Mesa, Calif.

Federal Judge In Texas Blocks Trump Plan To Use Military Funds On Border Wall

The ruling comes in response to a lawsuit arguing the president overstepped his authority in diverting funds to the border wall which were appropriated by Congress for other purposes.

Congressional negotiators have reached tentative agreement on a $1.3 trillion spending package to fund the government through the end of September 2020. "I think we can be very proud of the good work that this Congress is doing," Rep. Nita Lowey, seen here in April, said Thursday.

Congressional Negotiators Reach Tentative Deal On $1.3 Trillion Spending Package

The agreement would fund programs through the end of September 2020 and avoid a government shutdown. Federal agencies run out of money at midnight on Dec. 20.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell pauses during a news conference in Washington earlier this month. The Fed announced late Wednesday a new lending facility to back money market mutual funds battered by the coronavirus crisis.

Federal Reserve Establishes Lending Facility To Back Up Money Market Mutual Funds

The Fed will receive $10 billion from the Treasury Department to cover potential losses in loans made to eligible financial institutions, to backstop the money market mutual fund industry.

The coronavirus pandemic is continuing to roil financial markets as businesses shut down with their customers and employees forced to stay home.

Stock Market Rises For A Change

U.S. stock indexes finished the day up as investors tried to absorb the latest financial impacts of the coronavirus. The Dow rebounded, rising nearly 200 points a day after its steep plunge.

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