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NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Republican Rep. Mimi Walters of California and Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego of Arizona about the current budget battle in Congress.

The Obama administration posted new regulations easing travel and trade to Cuba on Friday. One expert says they are the most comprehensive changes to the U.S. embargo in decades.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss the Pope's impending visit to the U.S. and Wednesday's GOP debate.

NPR's Lauren Frayer has spent the last two weeks covering the migrant crisis in Europe and talks about the shifts in countries closing or opening their doors to refugees.

Eric Fanning is President Obama's choice to lead the Army, which could make him the first openly gay secretary of one of the military branches.

Aides for Marco Rubio and Rand Paul's campaign scuffled in a Michigan bar on Thursday. American political history is littered with other similar confrontations.

Cesar Chavez inspired the world; Larry Itliong inspired Cesar Chavez. In 1965, the Filipino laborer led California grape pickers on a strike that would spark the modern farmworker movement.

NPR's Scott Simon gets the lowdown on the week in sports from NPR's Tom Goldman.

The columnist could write like an angel — and bite like an asp. In a new biography, John Norris recounts McGrory's first big break and the proposition she received from a Democratic president.

A survey from the Authors Guild reveals a 30 percent decline in author income since 2009. "You used to be able to make an absolutely living wage as a writer," says Guild President Roxana Robinson.