Now that President Trump has commuted the sentence of Alice Johnson, a Tennessee grandmother serving life in prison for a first-time drug conviction, other inmates are hoping for similar relief.
Ahead of his summit next week with North Korea's leader, President Trump meets with Japanese Prime Minister Abe. Meanwhile, Republican leaders in Congress grapple with a challenge on immigration.
They aim to overcome a fierce intraparty divide. Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. John Faso, who represents a swing district in New York's Hudson Valley.
Ahead of next week's summit, Sen. James Risch, a Republican on the Foreign Affairs Committee, responds to Democratic demands for a U.S.-North Korea deal and discusses his own hopes and expectations.
Japan's prime minister meets with President Trump to discuss North Korea. And, the U.S. ambassador to Germany raises eyebrows for his support of the far right.
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said the conflict between Trump's foreign-policy decisions and his business ventures "epitomizes why the founders put that emoluments clause into the Constitution."
Alice Marie Johnson was released hours after the president issued the order. She was in prison for more than 20 years for a first-time drug conviction. Kim Kardashian West had pushed for her release.
The CFPB's interim chief is moving to disband a board designed to help consumer groups work with the agency to identify problems facing Americans who are being unfairly treated by financial firms.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Omar Noureldin, vice president of the Muslim Public Affairs Council, about who was and wasn't invited this year, and the history of White House iftars.