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To kick off National Poetry Month, NPR's Korva Coleman talks with the nation's two-term poet laureate about the importance of poetry during divisive times.

The Trump administration approved arms sales to Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Jordan without congressional approval. There is bipartisan opposition to the deals and efforts to reverse them.

Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó is under scrutiny over allegations that two of his representatives in neighboring Colombia misappropriated money meant to support Venezuelan security forces.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Dr. Ahmad Tarakji, president of the Syrian American Medical Society, who says hospitals in Syria are being targeted during airstrikes conducted by government forces.

T.C. Boyle's Outside Looking In fictionalizes Timothy Leary's hallucinogenic drug experiments in the 1960s. A graduate student who participated says Boyle did a "great job describing the zeitgeist."

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with New Orleans DJ Alison Fensterstock about Dr. John, the New Orleans musician. Malcolm John Rebennack died Thursday at 77.

Malcolm John Rebennack, better known as Dr. John, died Thursday at age 77. He was a giant of New Orleans rhythm & blues in the 1950s and '60s.

Local media are reporting dozens of protesters have been killed. Demonstrators are demanding a quick transition to civilian rule following the ouster of Sudan's president in April.

Gifted writers Dan Abrams and David Fisher, who previously brought us Lincoln's Last Trial, are clearly fascinated by how Teddy Roosevelt's court case played out — bringing an enthusiasm to readers.

Sixty Russian diplomats are being expelled from the U.S., but what is the real impact? NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Angela Stent, director of the Center for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies at Georgetown University.