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Retired Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Bernard Trainor is co-author of Cobra II: The Inside Story of the Invasion and the Occupation of Iraq. He talks with Scott Simon about Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld's relations with military leaders.

Irish novelist Edna O'Brien looks back on eight tumultuous decades in a new memoir, Country Girl. Reviewer Heller McAlpin says the book is "a generous gift to readers" but too circumspect about O'Brien's personal life — which included encounters with Samuel Beckett, Richard Burton and Paul McCartney.

Service members would work without pay, and many civil servants are likely to be furloughed. Congress has yet to pass a separate bill to guarantee military pay as it did in previous shutdowns.

Issue 1, the amendment that would enshrine abortion into the Ohio Constitution, contains other reproductive rights that backers of the proposal say are necessary to protect Ohiaons.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Sampha's album Lahai, the film Tori and Lokita, rewatching Doctor Who, and the Phillies, sort of.

The popular Power 105.1 FM radio personality had partnered with investor Cesar Pina to host real estate seminars across the country. The feds now say Pina was running a Ponzi scheme.

Tokyo 2020 aims to be the most environmentally friendly games, offsetting carbon emissions and using sustainable materials. But some environmental groups say the symbolism exaggerates the reality.

The move follows the deadly attacks by Hamas on Israel and Republican criticism of the White House deal with Iran, where $6 billion was unfrozen in exchange for the release of 5 detained Americans.

In his later years, Norman Rockwell lived in the kind of small town you'd expect to see in his paintings. But he didn't move there for its tranquil pastures; he moved for the psychiatric institute where he and his wife sought treatment. In American Mirror, Deborah Solomon looks at the artist's relationship with his psychoanalyst.

To meet climate goals, energy efficiency for dozens of appliances is getting renewed attention from the Biden administration.