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On reopening the economy, defunding the WHO and adjourning Congress, the president's style — aggressive strides forward in rhetoric, then a more realistic step back — was on display.

Many state legislative sessions were cut short because of the coronavirus pandemic. Now lawmakers, itching to complete state business, are reconvening despite health warnings.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Senate Majority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., about the current bill to provide economic relief to small business owners adversely affected by the coronavirus.

Now that Bernie Sanders is out of the presidential race and Joe Biden is the presumptive nominee, his campaign is reaching out to progressive groups.

With electro-cumbia, porro, and bullerengue rhythms, Miss Colombia takes a thread and needle from Lido Pimienta's heart to a country that doesn't always love her back.

In this week's installment, we also look at how to handle that inevitable moment — you need a plumber or electrician or another repair person to come to your home.

Thirty prison inmates have died in Mississippi since the end of last year. The state faces lawsuits and a government probe over violence, decrepit conditions, and a culture of neglect and corruption.

The offshore drilling industry now has equipment on standby to respond to a similar emergency. But critics says stronger regulation is still needed to prevent another massive oil spill.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jonathan Smith, lecturer in epidemiology at Yale University, about why any "cheating" on social distancing would undermine all the work that has been done so far.

A Texas doctor defends his decision to give dozens of coronavirus patients hydroxychloroquine, in some cases without telling their families first.