Republican lawmakers in Georgia are advancing a bill that would require police to help identify undocumented immigrants and detain them for deportation.
More than 50 other countries have already banned the substance, which has been known to lead to lung and ovarian cancer, mesothelioma and other deadly illnesses.
The Texas Republican Party has gotten more conservative over the years. Immigration policies once pushed by top GOP officials now seem moderate. Party leaders crack down on dissension in their ranks.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jessica Kutz, a reporter for The 19th, about a recent study that sheds light on how polluted air in Louisiana has affected pregnant people and their children.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Justin Williams, a staff writer at The Athletic, about what to look out for when the NCAA basketball tournament starts Tuesday.
National security adviser Jake Sullivan described a "business-like" meeting between two leaders with different perspectives about the proposed military operation for the city of Rafah in Gaza.
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with actor Michael Imperioli about his Broadway debut in An Enemy of the People and the relevance of this adaptation of the play, roughly 150 years after the original.