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The recent school shooting in Texas has reignited the debate over gun control. NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with former Education Secretary Arne Duncan about his idea to boycott school until reforms are made.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Anita McBride, who served as chief of staff for first lady Laura Bush, about traditions Melania Trump is following and ones she isn't following.

Days before President-election Joe Biden takes office, North Korea has threatened to build up its nuclear arsenal to deal with any threats by the U.S.

President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a joint document after their summit in Singapore. Trump promised that denuclearization would come "very, very quickly."

What's next for the U.S. engagement in Venezuela? President Trump says the U.S. will run the country for now, but there are no American troops or diplomats in the country.

Audie Cornish talks to journalist Iona Craig about the Houthi rebels' attack and takeover of the Yemeni presidential palace in Sanaa. Craig has been based in Yemen for the past four years.

Catch up on key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Nelson Mandela served as president of South Africa for five years, elected in the country's first free election with voters from all races. But in deciding not to seek a second term, Mandela set the stage for a modern democracy. On the day his successor took office, Mandela spoke about his country's path to joining the "community of free nations," and remembered how it had "averted a blood bath, which most observers believed inevitable."

Vice President Harris tells voters at Essence Fest to elect people to Congress who can address policy that cannot be done through executive action.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mexico's ambassador to the U.S. Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernandez about what Mexico is doing to tamp down on illegal immigration and the state of the U.S.-Mexico relationship.