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The Justice Department veteran served as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush and now serves as a corporate lawyer. He's said to hold an expansive view on executive power.

Nearly half of the respondents in an NPR poll gave Trump an F on the first 100 days of his second term. And, detained student Mohsen Madhawi speaks with Morning Edition's Leila Fadel.

President Obama's plan to close Guantanamo lacks a crucial element: a U.S. prison to hold captives too dangerous to release. The Pentagon is considering military prisons in Kansas and South Carolina.

Gamblers have wagered hundreds of millions of dollars on who Vice President Kamala Harris will choose as her running mate.

NPR talks with Jason Furman, an economist and Harvard professor, about Trump's management of the economy.

A Republican overhaul would reduce borrowers' repayments options from several plans to just two.

Following court decisions restricting the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and cuts to federal agencies GOP lawmakers are pushing back. But they're split on how to respond.

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The federal government runs out of money at the end of the day on Friday.

President Trump says he isn't ruling out the possibility of seeking a 3rd term in office. And, an executive order targets the Smithsonian Institution to restore "sanity to American history."

Steve Inskeep talks to former Trump White House attorney Jim Schultz, who worked with White House Counsel Don McGahn, who the Mueller report indicates, often balked at carrying out Trump's requests.