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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Republican Congressman Garret Graves of Louisiana about President Biden's meeting with a bipartisan group of members of Congress about his infrastructure proposal.

The president opened a climate summit by announcing that the United States will aim to cut its greenhouse gas emissions in half, based on 2005 levels, by the end of the decade.

Germany's top court rejected some of the activists' arguments but agreed that the country's climate act violates their fundamental rights by not specifying emissions reduction targets after 2030.

The nation's top addiction scientist has teamed up with a prominent artist to let people know that substance use disorder is a disease, not a moral failure.

From an economic standpoint, China does not need World Bank loans. So why is it still a top borrower?

"Bad optics," charter jets, abusive tweets and insider trading. It has been that kind of year in President Trump's Cabinet and on Capitol Hill.

While the fight over the report will continue, its release is the culmination of investigations that go back nearly three years. (This piece initially aired April 14, 2019 on All Things Considered.)

President Trump and congressional leaders name infrastructure as one area where they think they can reach a bipartisan deal. But the committee working on a plan is also investigating the president.

Produced by the public broadcaster NDR, the program features scientist Christian Drosten giving clear information about COVID-19, but so far it's in German only.

"Tremendous progress has been made in a very short period," Trump said. But his administration is also trying to brace the public for a dire ordeal.