John Bolton tells NPR the Trump administration should take threats from North Korea with a "grain of salt." Also, a recap of the Democratic debate and an update on wildfires in Australia.
Seven presidential candidates took part in the DNC's sixth debate on Thursday night. NPR hosted a live audio stream of the debate sponsored by PBS NewsHour and Politico.
Twenty-one years ago, GOP Majority Leader Trent Lott worked with his Democratic counterpart, Tom Daschle, to preserve the idea of the Senate as an impartial jury in the president's impeachment trial.
Whatever your political beliefs, President Trump's impeachment proved inescapable with saturation media coverage and social media. How people processed it may depend on what media they turned to.
Congress has approved two major spending bills to fund the federal government through September 2020. The package heads to the president's desk for his signature.
The House of Representatives voted to impeach President Trump Wednesday. Now the articles of impeachment must be sent to the Senate for a trial, but the House has yet to send them.
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Republican Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, a member of the Judiciary Committee, about how the Senate will handle impeachment.
Only one of the 7 Democratic candidates on the presidential debate stage Thursday night is a person of color. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with DNC chair Tom Perez about why.