President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin met for more than two hours in their first presidential face-to-face meeting. Trump raised the issue of Russian meddling in the U.S. election, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.
President Trump held a meeting Thursday with Russian President Vladimir Putin. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Stephen Sestanovich of the Council on Foreign Relations to break down what happened.
Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald has been appointed as the new director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. She is an obstetrician-gynecologist who's led the Georgia state health department for six years. She succeeds Dr. Thomas Frieden.
NPR's Kelly McEvers wraps up the week's politics news with columnists David Brooks of The New York Times and Kimberly Atkins of the Boston Herald. They discuss President Trump's speech in Poland, the ongoing debate over the health care bill, and Walter Shaub Jr.'s resignation from the Office of Government Ethics.
The governor of New Jersey gets grief for going to the beach, and more than 40 states say they will not or cannot turn over all the data President Trump's voting commission wants.
In a speech in Poland before a two-day "Group of 20" summit in Europe, President Trump makes the case for defending Western civilization against challenges posed by terrorism. And the world responds to North Korea after Pyongyang tests an intercontinental ballistic missile. It's the global edition of the Friday News Roundup.
The president continues to hedge on whether he believes Russia meddled in the 2016 elections, despite evidence that Russia did interfere and testimony from the intelligence officials he chose.
The GOP health bills would eliminate many of the taxes that help pay for coverage under the Affordable Care Act. Wealthy individuals stand to gain the most. And customers of tanning salons.