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Blumenthal Leads Emoluments Lawsuit Against President Trump

President Donald Trump’s acceptance of business from foreign governments will be be examined in court this week as a lawsuit brought by members of…

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act and others demonstrate outside the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Pasadena, Calif., in May. The Trump administration failed to convince a U.S. appeals court that it was justified in ending the program, but a Texas judge on Friday ruled in a separate case that DACA was likely illegal.

Texas Judge Says DACA Is Probably Illegal, But Leaves It In Place

Federal District Judge Andrew Hanen had ended a similar Obama-era program, but he declined to halt DACA, saying the coalition of opposed states waited too long to bring their lawsuit.

Prisoners including members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood wait inside a glass dock during their trial in Cairo on July 28. Egypt's courts have held mass trials of hundreds of defendants, sentencing many of them to death.

U.S. Military Aid To Egypt Gives A 'Green Light' To Repression, Say Rights Advocates

The Trump administration's release of $195 million for the Middle Eastern nation's security spending, frozen last year over rights concerns, has left experts stunned and deeply worried.

Protesters outside Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul hold portraits of missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi, who disappeared after visiting the consulate last week. Turkish officials say a squad of Saudi men killed him.

Trump Administration Presses Saudis For Information On Missing Journalist

Turkish officials say a squad of Saudi men killed Jamal Khashoggi shortly after he arrived at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul last week. "We're going to get to the bottom of it," Trump said Wednesday.

A derailed Amtrak train sits on the track in Cayce, S.C., on Sunday. The Amtrak passenger train slammed into a freight train parked on a side track killing two Amtrak employees and injuring more than 100 people, authorities said.

At Least 2 Killed, More Than 100 Injured After Amtrak Train Derails In South Carolina

An Amtrak passenger train came into contact with a CSX freight train early Sunday morning in Cayce, S.C.

Parkland Student Survivors Brace For 1st Anniversary Of School Shooting

Since the shooting, young Parkland survivors have emerged as the driving force in calling for stricter gun laws in the U.S., through a series of marches, school walkouts and voter registration drives.

At a Feb. 21, 2018, Philippine Senate hearing in Manila on deaths linked to the dengue vaccine, families brought photos of children who had been vaccinated.

Rush To Produce, Sell Vaccine Put Kids In Philippines At Risk

A dengue vaccine put thousands of kids at risk for a deadly condition. Some scientists say the manufacturer and health officials did too little to warn parents in the Philippines.

Puerto Ricans Reflect On A Century Of (Limited) Citizenship

People born in Puerto Rico have been counted as U.S. citizens since 1917, but residents of the island can't vote for president and don't have voting representation in Congress.

Encore: Chris Stapleton Dives Into His Archives For 'From A Room: Volume 2'

Chris Stapleton has gone from a respected songwriter and Nashville insider to a Grammy-winning star in just a few years. NPR's Ari Shapiro sat down with Stapleton to discuss his new album, From A Room: Volume 2. This story originally aired on Dec. 1, 2017 on All Things Considered.

In a 2006 photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) hosts U.S. President George W. Bush in St. Petersburg, Russia. At second right is Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, known as "Putin's chef." The U.S. has charged Prigozhin with running an Internet operation that interfered with the 2016 U.S. presidential election. He's also been sanctioned for supporting Russia's occupation in Ukraine.

'Putin's Chef' Has His Fingers In Many Pies, Critics Say

Yevgeny Prigozhin, a high-end caterer with ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is accused of interfering in the 2016 U.S. election and is linked to Russian mercenaries in Syria and Ukraine.

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