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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee heard from President Trump's nominee to lead the State Department, CIA Director Mike Pompeo. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., about the hearing.

In Dallas, a local television newsman has repeatedly gone viral on the internet for his on-air editorials. But the broadcaster is not the station's news anchor or political commentator, he's the sportscaster.

After days of delays, congressional Republicans unveiled their $1 trillion proposal for a fifth wave of pandemic relief. Democrats are not on board — signaling tough negotiations ahead.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Julie Morita, a member of President-elect Joe Biden's pandemic advisory team, about the challenges involved in coronavirus vaccine distribution and public messaging.

Bipartisan negotiators are trying to finalize a coronavirus deal with money for businesses, jobless Americans and vaccine distribution. The top Republican says they should vote on items they agree on.

President-elect Joe Biden will need to get his agenda through Congress, but Republicans are likely to keep control of the Senate, and Democrats in the House have a smaller margin.

Dinkins, who knew the writer, was a longtime resident of Eatonville, Fla., which was founded by freed slaves in 1887. She helped start the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group about the foreign policy decisions the president might make as his time in office comes to an end.

Matt and Susan Simonds struggled to keep their Albuquerque distillery afloat over the summer during the pandemic. Now, they are among the tens of thousands of small businesses that have gone under.

In a rural North Carolina town, photographer Madeline Gray paints an intimate portrait of a girl's basketball team.