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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Republican Rep. Will Hurd of Texas about the proposed wall along the U.S.-Mexico border and the relationship between the intelligence community and the Trump administration.

A Portland program meant to recruit more foster parents in Oregon is expanding statewide.

President Trump has signed a record number of executive orders and presidential memoranda his first week in office. But noticeably absent from those directives are ethics for the executive branch.

Some lesser known parts of the Affordable Care Act have especially benefited people 50 and older. Will repeal of the ACA bring back sky-high premiums and gaps in Medicare's prescription drug coverage?

The executive action targets seven majority-Muslim countries, but not six others where the president's private businesses are engaged.

The projects will need to be approved through the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, but a resignation will leave that five-person panel with just two members — too few for a quorum.

Journalist Evan Osnos talks about tech executives who are prepping for doomsday. Maureen Corrigan reviews A Really Good Day. Director Kenneth Lonergan discusses Manchester By The Sea.

Bilal Askaryar fled Afghanistan with his parents and grandmother when he was five, as the country was descending into civil war. He reflects on his family's experience as refugees in this commentary.

Jonathan Ellis, a professor of philosophy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, talks about confirmation bias and its impact on our daily lives.