A jury heard testimony from two FBI agents as the prosecution unveiled evidence on the second day of trial for Paul Manafort, a former Trump campaign chairman.
President Trump weighed in on the legal peril of his former campaign chairman, as the trial of Paul Manafort entered its second day. He also repeated calls for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to shut down the Russia investigation.
President Trump is ratcheting up the pressure on China over trade. The administration threatened to raise proposed tariffs on Chinese imports from 10 percent to 25 percent.
The governor of Arizona removed a doctor from the state's Medicaid drug committee and issued an executive order requiring disclosure of financial conflicts in response to a joint investigation by NPR and the Center for Public Integrity Investigation.
The Education Department unveiled a plan to rewrite and roll back important rules that govern colleges and their accrediting agencies. The department says it wants to reduce obstacles to innovation, but critics worry this will lower school standards and hurt students.
People who escaped the Carr fire near Redding, Calif., are living with uncertainty. Some know they lost their homes, others know their homes are standing but don't know when they can go back.
A group of high-profile lobbyists and lawyers who worked for Ukraine's former pro-Russian government maybe under investigation for violating a law requiring lobbyists for foreign governments to register with the U.S. government.
Andrew Brunson was swept up in the arrests that followed the failed 2016 coup in Turkey. Now, he's become a focus of tensions between NATO allies — tensions that substantially escalated Wednesday.
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with former federal and state prosecutor Elie Honig, about why he sees Paul Manafort's trial as a referendum on the Mueller investigation, and why he's concerned about jury nullification.