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Pope Francis has declared that the death penalty is unacceptable in all circumstances. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Sister Helen Prejean about the history of the church's stance on capital punishment.

The first day of the tax and bank fraud trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort began Tuesday. It is the first trial to come out of Special Counsel Robert Muller's investigation.

When harvests are bad, Native Americans in the region may go without rice for the year. And there have been a lot of bad years lately, as climate change causes more frequent and severe rainstorms.

The U.S. reimposes sanctions it lifted under the nuclear deal with Iran, and tells other countries they could be cut off from U.S. markets if they keep trading with Iran.

An ISIS attack on a series of Syrian towns that left more than 200 dead showed that the group — while no longer controlling much land — persists.

Representatives from Facebook and Google recently went to a conservative political conference to confront allegations that their social media platforms unfairly suppress conservative content.

The Labor Department on Friday says that the economy added 157,000 jobs in July, pushing down the unemployment rate to 3.9 percent. Also, China announces plans to impose retaliatory trade tariffs.

NPR's Lakshmi Singh speaks with Des Moines Register food critic Brian Taylor Carlson about the good, the bad and the ugly new food offerings at this year's Iowa State Fair. Pickle beer, anyone?

NPR's Lakshmi Singh speaks with West Virginia delegate Mike Pushkin about the current fight over whether to impeach the remaining justices of the state's Supreme Court.

Last December, the ex-White House aide secretly audio taped her firing over the alleged misuse of a government car. The recording was played Sunday during her appearance on NBC's Meet the Press.