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Bassem Khandaqji entered prison 21 years ago for plotting a deadly bombing in Israel. He left prison as an award-winning novelist.

The American pope emphasized a message of peace as he arrived in Ankara, welcomed on the tarmac by a military guard of honor and at the presidential palace by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Trump administration has to look at ways to "save money in a responsible way that respects the American taxpayer's money" during shutdown.

President Trump threatens a massive tariff hike on China, and Americans begin to feel the effects of the government shutdown.

France's generous pension system has toppled governments there over questions of how to fund it. It's part of a broader problem, as nations rethink how to fund care for their aging populations.

Ecuadorians have decisively rejected a series of referendum measures, including plans for U.S. military bases and constitutional changes, handing President Daniel Noboa a major political setback amid rising gang violence.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with California AG Rob Bonta about tariffs arguments at the Supreme Court, presidential power and the legal fights California is waging against the Trump administration.

We continue our discussion about public media cuts and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting's announcement that it will shut down. What's next for public media?

In China, two economic realities exist side of by side. The country's fast-growing technology sector is now leading the world in some aspects. Yet prospects for the average Chinese worker remain dim.

Following the meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart, NPR's Leila Fadel asks former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about Trump's relationship with Beijing.

Prosecutors in Jair Bolsonaro's coup-plotting trial deliver closing arguments this week, with the former Brazilian president facing a possible 40-year sentence.

A judicial race in Wisconsin has drawn over $100 million in donations. The President has filled his new administration with election deniers.What forces at play are threatening democracy both in America and abroad?YLR host, Jeff Hayden, is joined by civil rights activist and election specialist Brent Turner, and Lawyer, Professor, Political Candidate and the former Chief White House Ethics Lawyer for George W. Bush, Richard Painter.Questions for Jeff and his guests? Please call (866) 798-8255.