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As President Trump prepares to deliver an address Monday night on his strategy for the war in Afghanistan, NPR looks back on previous presidential addresses to the nation regarding this war.

Douglas Letter retired from the Justice Department after four decades of defending administration policies, no matter whether Democrats or Republicans have been in charge.

In Kansas, the trial for the state's Secretary of State Kris Kobach's "proof of citizenship" law is set to get underway.

DACA was set to expire on Monday but the future is now in limbo. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rob Jesmer of FWD.us, a group founded to mobilize the tech community to fix our immigration system.

Political pressure is building on Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. Lawyer David Rivkin worked with Pruitt and talks with NPR's David Greene.

Russia has responded to the U.S., vowing to expel 60 Americans and shuttering the U.S Consulate in St. Petersburg. Noel King gets some perspective from ex-U.S. ambassador to Russia Alexander Vershbow.

Right as people were filing their taxes, the IRS suffered a technical malfunction that did not allow online filing, but what happened? A look inside the crash — and how the agency has been hobbled and put at risk for this very thing.

For nearly 11 hours on the busiest tax day of the year, the agency was unable to accept tax returns.

When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu comes to Washington next week, he is expected to negotiate a large strategic defense package. Steve Inskeep talks to former Middle East envoy Dennis Ross.

As social conservatives gather in Washington, D.C., for the Values Voter summit, GOP leaders are struggling with a message that's gotten muddled. Can the party harness voters' populist rage?