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NPR's Mara Liasson explains how President Trump is transforming the power of presidential pardons.

Robert Siegel talks with Aaron David Miller, a Middle East Policy expert and a distinguished scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. They discuss President Obama and possible problems with Israeli relations.

The visit marks the first time a sitting U.S. president has stood on Cuban soil since 1928. It comes just months after the two nations normalized relations.

Imagine a time when presidential candidates declared just two months before Iowa. Flash back to 1979 when Ronald Reagan announced. It's not just timing that's shifted; so has the culture.

South Africa's ruling African National Congress began voting in a leadership election. It's expected to be won by Jacob Zuma and that would put him on track to become the country's president in 2009. A Zuma win would block President Thabo Mbeki from a third term as ANC leader.

Ousted Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych made his first public speech since fleeing the country. Financial Times reporter Courtney Weaver discusses the new conference and its reception in Crimea.

Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei won midterm elections Sunday, clinching a crucial vote of confidence that boosts his ability to carry out his controversial economic agenda.

President Trump met at the White House with King Abdullah of Jordan on Wednesday, in the wake of a gruesome attack on civilians in Syria. The leaders held a joint press conference.

During an earlier speech in the former Soviet Republic of Latvia, President Bush said that America played a role in the suffering of Eastern Europe following World War II. He blamed concessions made by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the 1945 Yalta summit. Host Steve Inskeep talks to Daniel Hamilton of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies about the history behind the President Bush's unexpected comments.

Obama visited a neighborhood in East Baton Rouge Parish more than a week after flooding hit southeastern Louisiana, killing at least 13 people and damaging or destroying more than 60,000 homes.