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On this day in 1986, Top Gun opened and became a smash hit. Written by Michigan State professor Jim Cash and his former student Jack Epps Jr., the film was a product of their remote collaboration. And today in 2016, John Willie Jordan of Farmington, Michigan, received the Congressional Gold Medal. Jordan was one of the first Black Americans to join the Marines in the 1940s, serving as one of the Montford Point Marines. He reflected, “I thought I had been forgotten.”

Foley, who died May 6, started his career with the 1984 film Reckless. His other credits include At Close Range and Live to Tell, plus 12 episodes of House of Cards. Originally broadcast Oct. 2, 1992.

The Zombies are the subject of a new documentary. Today, we hear from Blunstone, the group's lead singer. "I tend to sing sad songs better than happy-go-lucky songs," he said in this 1998 interview.

Supreme Court justices appear divided in birthright citizenship arguments, President Trump returns to Washington after Middle East trip, a look at week 1 of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' federal criminal trial.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow about his new book, "Mark Twain," in which he illuminates the complex life of the writer.

Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals Bye Bye Birdie, Applause and Annie, died at his home in New York City on Thursday.

Regional banks in the Federal Reserve system study their local economies and publish those stories in a report called the Beige Book. The Kansas City Fed's has fallout from Trump administration cuts.

A Wisconsin judge is charged with helping an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents. It's a rare prosecution but not unheard of — a similar case unfolded seven years ago in Massachusetts.

President Trump returns to Washington Friday after a four-day tour through the Gulf where he struck business deals and was treated like royalty by the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Doug Silliman, president of the Arab Gulf States Institute and former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, about President Trump's Gulf trip and Iran's offer to revive a nuclear deal.