Commentator Cokie Roberts talks with NPR's Rachel Martin and answers listener questions about the history of states nullifying federal laws by choosing not to follow them.
Trump tweeted that CIA Director Mike Pompeo will take over for Rex Tillerson, who has had a strained relationship with the president. Undersecretary of State Steve Goldstein was also fired.
Nikolas Cruz, 19, has already been charged with 17 counts of murder in the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. Public defenders had sought to avoid a trial by having Cruz plead guilty.
So often the gun debate is framed as gun control activists on one side and the NRA on the other. But what about the firearm industry? Josh Sugarmann, executive director of the Violence Policy Center, speaks with NPR's Sarah McCammon about the gun industry and its ties to the NRA.
Women around the U.S. joined forces to make batches of beer last week. The event is part of a global initiative to highlight women's growing influence on a traditionally male-dominated industry.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., about Gina Haspel's nomination for Director of the CIA. A member of Senate Intelligence Committee, he opposes confirming her, because of her involvement in enhanced interrogation techniques.
For the first time since he was elected, President Trump is visiting California to review progress on border wall prototypes, address service personnel at a Marine base and attend a fundraiser in the Los Angeles area.
A close race for a reliably Republican congressional seat in western Pennsylvania will be decided Tuesday. An upset by Democrats could be a warning sign for the midterms.
President Trump has ousted Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and nominated CIA Director Mike Pompeo to replace him. Trump also nominated CIA veteran Gina Haspel to lead the agency, replacing Pompeo.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ambassador John Negroponte, former director of National Intelligence and Deputy Secretary of State, to review Secretary Rex Tillerson's tumultuous tenure at the top of the State Department and the legacy he'll leave there.