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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Clay Risen about his new book, "Red Scare," which tells the story of McCarthyism based in part on newly declassified sources.

NPR's A Martinez asks Michael Gerhardt of UNC Law School and Margot Cleveland of the New Civil Liberties Alliance to discuss the role of the courts in the early months of the Trump administration.

What do warming relations between Russia and the U.S. mean for Iran? NPR asks Karim Sadjadpour, senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the complexities.

Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet stopped short Wednesday of calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from leadership, but came pretty darn close.

The Trump administration has already moved to cut the department's staff by nearly half.

Experts say the verdict has relevance for free speech issues nationwide.

Lawmakers in Colorado are close to passing a law restricting guns with detachable magazines. It attempts to mitigate damage during mass shootings and would be one of the strictest gun laws in the U.S.

White House communication has caused confusion over the fate of the country's newest national monuments in California.

In 2022, the Chinese government told NPR's Emily Feng she was no longer welcome in China, where she'd lived and reported from for seven years. She says she hasn't lost claim to her Chinese identity.

Iowa House Republicans advanced bills Tuesday establishing uniform educational requirements at the state’s public universities and protecting universities from being penalized by accreditors for following state law. Proposals for capping in-state tuition and establishing tuition guarantee were also removed from a bill known as the "College Affordability Act."