President Trump traveled to Missouri to tout the GOP tax overhaul bill as a boon for the middle class. But analysts say the bill mostly benefits the wealthy.
Two Air Force generals — one the current U.S. Strategic Forces commander, the other his predecessor — declared publicly this month that they would defy a presidential nuclear launch order if they found it violated the Law of War. So what are the Law of War's constraints are on a nuclear strike and could it be a plausible check on President Trump's unilateral power to launch a nuclear strike?
Whether or not she cares, princess-to-be Meghan Markle has become a symbol of biracial people's coming-of-age, and maybe of the country's collective adulthood on race, writes Karen Grigsby Bates.
"These speeches aren't necessarily just on the president, but on certain issues," the Republican told Morning Edition. "The first one will be on the need to have shared facts that we all agree on."
Political leaders in the U.K. have expressed outrage at President Trump's retweets of inflammatory and unverified anti-Muslim videos from a British far-right group.
The public expectation of a quick turnaround could put pressure on special counsel Robert Mueller. But he has a long list of potential targets. Here are the key players.
Steve Inskeep talks to veteran diplomat Nicholas Burns about the latest departures from the State Department and what impact these losses are having on U.S. foreign policy.
After years of budget and political pressure, some climate scientists are changing the way they describe their research, and avoiding the term "climate change."
Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona about the GOP tax overhaul bill which will have to win the votes of almost all Senate Republicans to become law.