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The president abruptly ended spending talks Wednesday after congressional Democrats rejected his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall. A partial government shutdown stretched into its 19th day.

Critics inside and outside officialdom are calling for, at very least, the FBI to validate its practices in requesting surveillance. Will congressional action follow?

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Francis Rooney, R-Fla., who says he believed President Trump's assertion that there was no quid pro quo with Ukraine. Then top Trump aide Mick Mulvaney spoke.

Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan appeared before the House Oversight and Reform Committee on Thursday, where Chairman Elijah Cummings said he's wondering "whether there is an empathy deficit."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. Toomey is among a group of Senate Republicans who have been critical of the President Trump's plan to impose tariffs on Mexico.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, R-Utah, about why Utah has been so successful with mail-in ballots with very little fraud and his advice for the rest of the U.S.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Mark Amodei (R-NV) and Stephanie Murphy (D-FL), both members of the Problem Solvers Caucus, about how to legislate with divided government.

There was once a healthy contingent of Republicans in New England's congressional delegation. Now there's just one. Former Rep. Charlie Bass, R-N.H., talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about what happened.

Over the years, the HBO series has risen from being a nifty potboiler to a timely expression of a zeitgeist that contests everything from gender roles to climate change to immigration.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Joan Graves, ratings chair of the Motion Picture Association of America, as she prepares to retire after nearly two decades of thinking of movies in terms of ratings.