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Roughly 1.4 million federal workers are going without pay due to the government shutdown. About half of them are furloughed, while the other half has been deemed essential and is working without pay.

President Trump says he has authority to carry out the strikes, but international experts are asking if the attacks are truly about countering narcotics or instead toppling Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro.

This hour, our pop culture roundtable, The Nose, looks at Ari Aster’s neo-Western COVID comedy, ‘Eddington,’ and Netflix’s new Ed Sullivan documentary, ‘Sunday Best.’

The NBA season tips off Tuesday with a doubleheader. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with NBA hall of famer Grant Hill about the season's key storylines and the return of NBC as official broadcast partner.

The White House has ordered several deadly strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., about why he's calling for a hearing on the missions.

The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume.

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia says shutdown can end if Trump engages more earnestly in negotiations.

Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia says shutdown can end if Trump engages more earnestly in negotiations.

More than two dozen Democratic state leaders are suing the Department of Agriculture after the Trump administration said it would not use contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.