Republicans in Congress are turning to a tool of the budget process to pass major elements of President Trump's agenda ...

The new top two leaders at the FBI are Trump loyalists with no prior experience at the bureau. NPR's Leila Fadel asks retired FBI special agent Thomas J. Baker for his impressions of both men.

Kendrick Lamar won his rap war with Drake by just about any measure, but this week Drake got a small measure of revenge when his new album "Some Sexy Songs 4 U" knocked Lamar out of the No. 1 spot.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with David Pressman, former U.S. ambassador to Hungary, about that country's democratic decay under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Singer Roberta Flack died yesterday at the age of 88. She won two Record of the Year Grammys in a row in the 1970's with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song." ...

The overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria paved the way for a historic visit, with Syrian Jews returning from the U.S. to Damascus for the first time in three decades, hoping to rebuild community.

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday condemning Russian aggression and calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. The U.S. joined Russia in opposing it.

U.S. opposes a resolution demanding that Russia withdraw from Ukraine, Trump funding freeze includes payments to keep the Colorado River flowing, massive child sex abuse trial begins in France.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Aaron Lehman, a fifth-generation farmer who is president of the Iowa Farmers Union, about anticipated cuts to Department of Agriculture programs.

Pakistanis have found reason to celebrate as the country hosts a major international cricket tournament for the first time in years.

A former surgeon in France, now 74, is on trial for the alleged rape or sexual abuse of 299 victims, most of them children. Investigators say the violence spanned more than three decades.