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Two U.S. lawmakers, a Republican and a Democrat, visited Syria this weekend say they will push ahead with legislation to lift sanctions. They say their goal is to give Syria's new president a boost.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Steve Vladeck, Georgetown University law professor, about the legality of President Trump's deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., and other cities.

The singer-songwriter announced the engagement Tuesday on Instagram, with the caption: "Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married."

This week marks the fourth anniversary of the frenzied — and deadly — U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war that ended with the country back in the hands of the fundamentalist Taliban.

A district judge in Virginia was specially tapped to oversee the unusual case after DOJ named all 15 federal district court judges in Maryland as defendants in a lawsuit related to deportations.

Cash was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. He spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about his career, from touring with Elvis to singing at prisons. He died in 2003.

Phillips spoke to Fresh Air in 1997 about launching Elvis Presley's career at Sun Records. He also produced early recordings of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. He died in 2003.

A number of seasoned veterans with a taste for big swings and clever premises have new novels out this week, including stories of gothic horror and dark academia from the likes of R.F. Kuang, Leah Stein and Helen Oyeyemi.

On a planet that can feel increasingly challenged, we asked activist Edgard Gouveia Jr. about his latest efforts to improve life on Earth, what "artivism" is — and what he dreams of.

Over a century ago, lawyer Clarence Darrow fought battles that sound remarkably similar to present day struggles.