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Trump ordered the agency to provide photos of crowds on the National Mall to prove the media had dishonestly reported attendance at his swearing-in, according to The Washington Post.

The order is mostly symbolic; the Trans-Pacific Partnership was never ratified. Trump also signed a hiring freeze and reinstated a policy restricting funding for international family planning groups.

What exactly did President Trump mean by covfefe? Was it a deliberate attempt at a word by POTUS or a simple fudge of the fingers? NPR's Scott Simon has an idea.

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and presidential historian Jon Meacham is speaking Friday at Cleveland State University as part of the AHA! Festival, Meacham spoke with ideastream managing producer Joe Frolik, who noted that White House chief strategist Steve Bannon and other commentators have compared Donald Trump to Andrew Jackson, the subject of Meacham's 2009 biography, American Lion. Meacham discussed parallels between two leaders often described as outsiders and populists.

Every year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission reminds Americans that fireworks are dangerous — with some memorable demonstrations. And seriously, be careful with do-it-yourself displays.

For the first time in two years, the state of Illinois passed a budget, after lawmakers overrode the governor's veto. But it doesn't mean the state has solved its budget woes.

Activists continued protests in the German city as the summit of the world's major economic powers got underway.

Scientists say the iceberg is one of the largest seen by satellites. But the full implications of its separation off remain to be seen.

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate stayed about where it has been, dropping just a tenth of a percentage point to 4.7 percent. All in all, the report builds on strong jobs gains in January.

Internal emails show Monsanto executives scrambling to counter a U.N. agency's finding that glyphosate, the chemical in Roundup, can cause cancer. One email proposed "ghost-writing" scientific papers.