Legislative remedies prove ineffective in reconciling religious freedom claims with concerns about discrimination, so the battle is waged via executive orders.
NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Glenn Hurst, a rural primary care physician in Minden, Iowa, and a medical director at several nursing homes, about the spike in coronavirus cases in the state.
There is no sign COVID-19 cases are slowing. Texas is the first state to have more than a million coronavirus cases. Plus, fighting in Ethiopia's conflict appears to have crossed into Eritrea.
In his memoir A Promised Land, Obama tells the story of his political rise through the first two years of his presidency. Here, listen to excerpts from the book before its release on Tuesday.
More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the U.S., according Johns Hopkins University. The country recorded 166,555 new cases in the last day and 1,266 new deaths.
Dr. Vivek Murthy, co-chair of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisory board, says past lockdowns functioned like a "blunt axe" that led to spotty compliance and "little public health gain."
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with the American Enterprise Institute's Yuval Levin about how we can begin to rebuild faith in our institutions amid deep divisions.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Cathy Cox, former Georgia Secretary of State, about the state's post-election audit. It's the largest hand recount in U.S. history.
A federal judge ruled Saturday that Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf lacked the authority to stop new DACA applications because he was not lawfully serving in his job when he did so.