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Steve Inskeep talks with U.N. Environment chief Erik Solheim, who says the U.S. would lose out on green jobs if President Trump pulls out of the Paris climate agreement.

Philip Reeker, a U.S. diplomat overseeing European affairs, testified he had plans to defend former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, but Reeker was overruled by top State Department officials.

As Congress debates whether to renew supplemental unemployment benefits for people thrown out of work by the pandemic, new research shows those benefits offer a critical boost for the U.S. economy.

Roberta Jacobson, who resigned as ambassador in May, says the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" immigration agenda is "draconian."

The State Department will no longer issue visas to the same-sex domestic partners of foreign diplomats and employees of U.S.-based international organizations. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic James "Wally" Brewster.

On Monday, House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy led a group of Republican lawmakers to the U.S. southern border in Texas amid a jump in the number of migrants showing up at the border.

Amy Grant, George Clooney, Gladys Knight, U2 and Tania León attended a dinner at the U.S. State Department and a gala tribute event. The 45th annual Kennedy Center Honors airs on CBS later this month.

A Russian court convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on charges of espionage Friday, sentencing him to 16 years in a Russian prison colony in a trial the U.S. denounced as a sham.

A plane carrying 55 cases from North Korea arrived in Hawaii Wednesday containing the possible remains of U.S. servicemen from the Korean War. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Kristen Duus, spokeswoman for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, about the process of identifying remains.

Coordinated protests in response to a raft of new state laws restricting abortion took place across the U.S. on Tuesday.