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Shortly after he took office, President Trump withdrew the U.S. from negotiations for the Trans-Pacific Partnership. The TPP is moving forward, and the remaining members stand to gain economically.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Richard LeBaron, a former ambassador to Kuwait, about how the diplomatic vacancies in the region affect a mission such as Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's this week.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell may not have won a Nobel Prize, but she has received another major science prize. She tells NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro she plans to help others in the field.

China reports its economy for 2018 grew at its slowest pace since 1990. The slowdown has economists worried about the impact on the global economy.

The White House proposed new rules that seek to hold migrant parents and children together in detention until their case has been heard. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with attorney Efrén Olivares.

Prison guards have to be tough on the job. But after weeks of working without pay, corrections officers at a federal prison in rural Louisiana are feeling exhaustion, stress and high emotions.

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza have killed more than 500 people and injured hundreds of others since Tuesday. Gaza's struggling health care system has been overwhelmed trying to treat the wounded.

Hear a conversation recorded inside a Brooklyn funeral home. It's owned by Doris Amen. She and a fellow funeral director friend tell StoryCorps why they've been in the business for so long.

With a new album, Michelle Zauner tells NPR she is finally finding balance between all the things she yearns for: her career goals, a connection to family and a connection to her ancestral home of Korea.

Zimbabwean Olympic swimmer Kirsty Coventry has been elected to head the International Olympic Committee. The two-time gold medalist is marking a whole new set of 'firsts.'

Trailblazing Chicago businesswoman Barbara Gardner Proctor, who was best known as the founder of the first ad agency owned by an African-American woman, died at 86 last month.

Rachel Martin talks to David Mollett of the American Federation of Government Employees about how the government shutdown affects TSA workers at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

A day after opposition leader Juan Guaidó declared himself Venezuela's leader, President Nicolás Maduro remains in power with the full support of the military.

The Trump administration announced it's producing a new, small nuke to counter Russia's own tactical nuclear weapons. Critics fear the plan could mark the return to the darkest days of the Cold War.

Apple posted its first holiday quarter decline in revenue and profit in more than a decade. It warned the slowdown in its core iPhone business and weakness in China have spilled into this year.

Michael Allen, a special assistant to President George W. Bush, talks about President Trump's new chief of staff, what his style is and how the retired general might deliver.

The former diplomat who coordinated U.S. sanctions against Russia weighs in on the current low point in U.S.-Russia relations after the Kremlin orders more than 700 U.S. diplomats to leave the country and seizes diplomatic properties.

Northwell Health has a huge stake in what health care legislation Congress proposes. CEO Michael Dowling says it's time for Democrats and health care professionals to come to the table.

The new bill was pushed by a conservative group critical of the way evolution, climate change and government were being taught in Florida schools.

Competing proposals to end the shutdown failed in the Senate. President Trump continues to press for money for a border wall and Democrats say they won't negotiate until the government reopens.

The breakout song from Disney's Frozen has inspired many marginalized groups — but its message of rejecting stigma holds special resonance for disabled people and their families.

After a deal with the White House, researchers at Cornell will receive their federal grants. For one scientist, that means resuming work on an implantable artificial heart for babies and toddlers.

Analysts believe these purges aim to reform the military and ensure loyalty to Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Another commission member, Liu Zhenli, is also under investigation.

Director Bi Gan, known for his films Kaili Blues and Long Day's Journey Into Night, sets his latest film in a world where people can live forever, unless they dream.

The Tampa Bay Lightning continue their winning ways with a shootout win in Chicago.