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The nation's top infectious disease expert spoke remotely during a unique Senate health committee hearing on the coronavirus pandemic.

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical adviser and the U.S.'s top infectious disease expert, about the latest on the pandemic and current state of vaccinations.

Sixty-two percent approve of the job the president is doing handling the pandemic, but he gets a lower 49% overall job approval rating, signaling potentially tough legislative fights ahead.

Regan is the top environmental regulator for North Carolina. He would be first African American man to run the EPA, and he would oversee much of the federal government's response to climate change.

In 2018, the Trump administration made good on its promises to unwind long-standing U.S. commitments to guarantee global security and prosperity, writes Ted Piccone of the Brookings Institution.

Congress has announced agreement on a $2 trillion economic relief package for the effects of COVID-19. Most households will get a relief check, and unemployment insurance has been greatly expanded.

President Trump said Wednesday that he would accept a foreign government's dirt on a 2020 rival. A look at foreign election interference — the focus of the Mueller report — and opposition research.

A former assistant football coach faces 40 counts of sexual abuse involving young boys. He says he's innocent. Two officials are charged with perjury and failure to report child abuse. They deny wrongdoing. Paterno says he never knew the specifics.

"We are depleting volumes of water that took hundreds, thousands of years to store. Sooner or later it will run out," says Mexico City's outgoing water system director.

High in fiber and protein, chickpeas are playing a starring role on menus. They're also good for soil health — and growing demand could help restore soils depleted by decades of intensive farming.