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The first woman nominated to be CIA director faces tough questioning at her confirmation hearing Wednesday. She met with Democratic members of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Monday.

President Trump invited top bipartisan congressional leaders for a briefing on border security as the partial government shutdown entered its 12th day on Wednesday.

President Trump has called for a wall to be built on the U.S.-Mexico border, but what about the wall that the U.S. already has? A recent study shows the economic impact of the existing wall.

Rosanell Eaton led a lawsuit that repealed voting restrictions on African-Americans in North Carolina. She died Saturday at 97. NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rev. William Barber about her legacy.

With government shelters across the country nearing capacity, officials are considering a range of options from releasing the children more quickly to building more tent cities.

Oliver wasn't always appreciated by critics, but she was still one of the country's most popular poets. In 2012, she told NPR, "Poetry, to be understood, must be clear."

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former White House Counterterrorism Chief Richard Clarke about the disparity between the president's rhetoric about global threats and that of top intelligence officials.

Two years ago, Donald Trump promised voters a long list of things he would do as president. As he completes his second year in office, we check the president's progress.

Eighteen-year-olds coming into the U.S. can be placed in adult detention centers, apart from their families. One young woman was denied entry while her mother and sister were allowed to seek asylum.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Jeffrey Lewis, of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, about recent satellite images that show new activity at a North Korean missile testing site.