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Russia intensified strikes on Ukraine over the last three nights, even as the two countries carried out the largest prisoner swap since Russia's full-scale invasion began more than three years ago.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Ambassador Joseph Yun, former special representative for North Korea policy, about the upcoming meeting between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and what denuclearization means to both parties.

Aaron Zelin, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, analyzes the U.S. strike on ISIS targets in Nigeria and the message it sends.

NPR speaks with Johns Hopkins professor and Russia expert Sergey Radchenko about Donald Trump's foreign policy approach.

Presidential inaugurations are by definition historic acts, but when we think of past Inauguration Days there is clearly a hierarchy of historical pop.

President Trump's expansive interpretation of executive power is continuing to reshape federal spending in a government shutdown.

From the White House press secretary's comparison of Hitler and Syria's President Bashar Assad to Trump's chocolate cake and dropping a bomb in Afghanistan, it was a heck of a week.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to writer David Graham of The Atlantic about the new legal hires by President Trump. Rudy Giuliani is the splashy name among these hires, but Trump also brought on two very experienced white-collar defense lawyers.

This past week, members of the U.S. Senate did something unusual: They debated the war in Iraq and the next steps for American forces there. Host Liane Hansen talks with Republican consultant Whit Ayres and Democratic consultant Donna Brazile about how the war and other issues might influence this fall's Congressional elections.

Security will be tight for next month's Group of 20 summit in Hamburg. Most leaders are bringing their own security detail. But Germany told Turkey's president that his guards aren't welcome.