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Jenni Grover holds a collection of finished patches from a quilt created by more than 100 volunteers across the country. The plans for the quilt were discovered at the estate sale of 99-year-old Rita Smith, who died earlier this year. Several dozen volunteers gathered to help put the pieces together at the Wishcraft Workshop in Chicago on Dec. 7.

Quilters Across The U.S. Answer Call To Help Sew Up Unfinished Project

A Chicago woman found an unfinished quilt of the United States at an estate sale and sought help online to finish it. Quilters from around the country joined her last weekend to complete the project.

A federal appeals court on Monday heard arguments in a lawsuit filed by more than 200 Democratic lawmakers. The suit claims that President Trump violated the Constitution by not seeking congressional approval for his overseas private business dealings.

Appeals Court Skeptical Of Democrats' Lawsuit Over Trump's Overseas Business Deals

The legal challenge is one of a number of court battles aimed at Trump over alleged violations of the emoluments clauses, which ban the president from profiting from foreign governments.

Health insurers say the U.S. government owes them more than $12 billion in payments that were rescinded by a Republican-controlled Congress. The money was supposed to subsidize insurers' expected losses between 2014 and 2016.

ACA Insurers In The Supreme Court: Why Consumers Should Pay Attention

The case centers on $12 billion in payments the federal government pledged to insurers to defray their losses in the first years of the health law. Did rescinding those payments send premiums soaring?

Democrat Andy Beshear speaks at the Kentucky Democratic Party election night watch event last month. Beshear defeated Republican Gov. Matt Bevin in a state President Trump had carried by 30 points.

CHART: Democratic Governors Make A Big Comeback Under Trump

With Kentucky's gubernatorial inauguration on Tuesday, Democrats are nearing parity with the GOP after a historic low point in 2016. That could have a big impact on redistricting and other key issues.

President Nixon waves outside the White House after his farewell address Aug. 9, 1974.

From Consensus To Deadlock: Is Impeachment Still A Check On Presidents?

The Nixon impeachment was a bipartisan affair; President Clinton's impeachment was less so. But in the Trump era, getting bipartisan support for the move is virtually impossible.

Special Coverage: House Democrats' Impeachment Articles Against President Trump

House Democrats on Tuesday laid out two articles of impeachment against President Trump. NPR's Mara Liasson and Ayesha Rascoe join host Rachel Martin and Kelsey Snell.

Eilean Records was always built to end. The French label was conceived as an elaborate art project, based on a map with 100 points.

Viking's Choice: Tender Ambient, Blossom Punk, Fist-Pumping Shred

On this week's playlist, Lori Goldston makes fathoms-deep cello music, Worriers' Lauren Denitzio previews their 2020 album and Haunt turns in another heavy metal anthem.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the altered trade agreement "much better than NAFTA" and "infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration."

House Democrats Support Updated Trade Deal With Mexico And Canada

The AFL-CIO president praised the agreement, which includes stronger enforcement of labor and environmental provisions. One lawmaker called it "a triumph for workers everywhere across America."

Steam rises from the volcano on New Zealand's White Island on Tuesday, one day after an eruption there left at least six people dead, more than 30 injured and still others missing. Questions linger about why so many people were allowed so close to the active volcano.

Tough Questions 'Must Be Answered' After New Zealand's Deadly Volcano Eruption

At least six people are dead and others badly injured or missing, after an event Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called "devastating." Now, some are wondering why tourists were there in the first place.

Environmental activists rally outside of New York Supreme Court in October in Manhattan, the first day of the trial accusing ExxonMobil of misleading shareholders about its climate change accounting.

Exxon Wins New York Climate Change Fraud Case

The state's attorney general argued that the oil giant misled shareholders about the financial risks from climate change.

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