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If a funding extension can't be hammered out in the Montana Legislature, the state could be the first to undo an expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act.

FDA gives full approval to Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, a highly anticipated move that could give the nation's vaccination campaign a badly needed boost.

Pakistan's neighbor has long been associated with the Taliban. The group controls most Afghan territory after decades of war with the U.S. Afghan refugees are trying to cross into Pakistan.

Officials in Nebraska recently stopped publishing county-level coronavirus data — citing privacy concerns. Public health experts say that's false and creates a dangerous blind spot.

With America's firefighting labor maxed out, Mexican nationals on temporary work visas are fighting fires near Lake Tahoe. It's hard work, but so is subsistence farming back home, and it pays better.

Fighting broke out in Beirut during a rally by Hezbollah supporters who say they were attacked by Christian militias, as Lebanon struggles with massive electricity outages and government paralysis.

The spread of the Delta variant is renewing pressure on private employers to encourage their workers to get vaccinated. Most aren't yet because of morale, political divisions and a tight labor market.

Negotiations are coming down to the wire at the U.N. climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland. There's a new draft agreement, but bitter differences remain between rich and poor countries.

Following Superstorm Sandy hundreds of thousands of people on Long Island went weeks without power. Elected officials blamed the Long Island Power Authority — calling it in need of federal take over. Thursday night, executives for the utility finally answered questions from investigators who are preparing a report on how to overhaul the utility business in New York.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Christopher White — CEO of Road to Responsibility, which provides care for adults with disabilities — about life threatening staffing shortages in his industry.

Mexico elects its next president July 2. The race is hotly contested between leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and conservative Felipe Calderon. Mexico's electoral system has long been known for fraud, financing irregularities, and the outright buying of votes. While Mexico has improved dramatically under an independent electoral watchdog, shadows of its past remain. Michael O'Boyle reports.

Many residents in south Florida may face power outages for a month or longer as a result of Hurricane Wilma. Damage in the area is now being assessed: Citrus growers report crop losses from the high winds, and storm damage kept the Miami Airport closed until late Tuesday.

Georgia lawmakers are expected to pass a bill authorizing a Bible literacy class in public high schools. The class, "History and Literature of the Old and New Testament," will be taught with the Bible as the text. The bill does not require that schools teach the course, or that students take it. Emily Kopp of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

An unexpectedly steep rise in tax revenues has driven down the projected federal budget deficit this year. The White House says that the deficit will be about $296 billion, much less than the $423 billion predicted six months ago. Steve Inskeep talks with David Wessel of the The Wall Street Journal.

The man suspected of planning the Sept. 11 attacks, along with four co-defendants, were arraigned Thursday at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The U.S. is seeking the death penalty for all of them. The ringleader of the group says he welcomes execution because it would make him a martyr.

Anti-abortion activists hope Friday's March for Life will be the last time they'll have to ask the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, and decades of precedent supporting abortion rights.

Hurricane Katrina dealt a knockout blow to New Orleans' public schools, which were already in poor condition. Now, city officials are tasked with rebuilding schools, or handing over many to private ownership.

As immigrant communities grow so does the need for court interpreters. A new Nebraska program trains interpreters to get certified and help non-English speakers testify in court.

The House votes Friday to give final congressional approval to a package of climate, health care and tax measures that Democrats have been negotiating for over a year.

A federal judge has ordered CVS, Walgreens and Walmart to pay $650 million for helping to fuel the U.S. opioid crisis by selling and dispensing huge amounts of prescription pain pills.

As the WNBA regular season comes to an end, Phoenix Mercury fans talk about following Brittney Griner's detention in Russia, and the team being without the league's best player all year.

The defense for the admitted gunman in the 2018 Marjory Stone Douglas High School shooting in Florida has begun. Jurors will determine whether he should be executed or spend life in prison.

For more about the week ahead in politics, Renee Montagne talks to regular Morning Edition contributor Cokie Roberts.

For some teens in Rochester, Minn., their Driver's Ed instructor is a cop. It's part of a program to get more teen drivers on the road legally and safely.

Twitter says it will wait until after the midterms to roll out its $8 a month blue check verification program. The tech giant has seen upheaval since Elon Musk took the company private.