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After many private conversations, the overhaul effort is shifting into high gear. At the center of the campaign is Gary Cohn, an ex-Goldman Sachs executive who directs the National Economic Council.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley reviews the dramatic changes that have occurred on her beat this year, including the election of Emmanuel Macron and France's resurgence in global politics.

Mustafa Ali hunkers down in Damascus' Old City and sculpts figures that have made him famous in the Mideast and Europe. But his work has grown darker as the war grinds on.

Venezuelans vote Sunday for delegates to an assembly that will have the power to rewrite the constitution and annul the opposition-led legislature. Critics say this body will usher in a dictatorship.

Ursula Wilder is a CIA psychologist who counsels spies heading to or returning home from hostile environments. But how do you provide mental health services to patients who are professionally trained in the art of deception?

There are currently no black governors anywhere in the country. In U.S. history, only two African-American men have ever been elected governor. But this year, about half a dozen are running, including in Maryland and Georgia.

A vigil gathered in Baton Rouge as media reports quoted sources saying the Justice Department will not prosecute white police officers for last summer's shooting death of Alton Sterling.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with T.J. Bray, a steelworker at the Carrier plant in Indianapolis where President Trump said he saved over 1,000 jobs. Last month, Carrier told the state that 600 people will be laid off, and those jobs will be transferred to Mexico.

It has been one year since Robert Mueller was appointed Justice Department special counsel. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mueller's biographer, Garrett Graff, about Mueller's background — namely his formative experiences as a Marine in Vietnam.

Defying an election boycott, opposition candidate Henri Falcón wants to repair ties with Washington and dollarize the economy.