On the same day gun rights activist Maria Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison for acting as an unregistered Russian agent, the president stressed his support for gun rights at an NRA meeting.
"We will never surrender America's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable, global bureaucracy," the president said. He announced the move at the National Rifle Association's convention.
President Trump spoke to the National Rifle Association on Friday in Indianapolis. His speech comes at a time of division within the NRA and political mobilization of gun control advocates.
Democratic presidential candidates have been talking about faith as they try to reach out to voters who backed President Trump. Conservative Christian leaders are starting to push back.
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Jane Mayer, chief Washington correspondent for The New Yorker, about how Joe Biden's past with Anita Hill could affect his presidential campaign.
President Trump says no money was paid to get North Korea to return American Otto Warmbier. But The Washington Post reports that Trump signed off on the payment that's yet to be paid.
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Susan Glasser of The New Yorker and Hugo Gurdon, editorial director for the Washington Examiner about Joe Biden entering the 2020 presidential race, and the Trump administration's approach to North Korea.
President Trump has taken several actions that could be seen as trying to influence the economic decision-making of the Federal Reserve board. He is not the first president to test their independence.