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Today was supposed to be a good day for detained Iraqis who were rounded up starting in the summer of 2017. A district court judge had ordered the remaining 110 of the group to be released, but today's opinion from the 6th Circuit Court throws the case into turmoil.

The Trump administration has taken another step toward selling leases to drill oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Robert Ford, who was U.S. Ambassador to Syria from 2010 to 2014, for reaction on the president's decision to withdraw troops from Syria.

President Trump tweeted on Thursday that Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis will retire "with distinction" at the end of February.

Congress was on the verge of passing a short term bill to avoid a partial shutdown but President Trump said he wouldn't sign anything without border security money.

Trump administration efforts to undo Obama-era health insurance rules have helped increase sales of limited health plans that cost consumers less than traditional coverage.

On Wednesday, the Senate approved legislation that, if enacted, would make lynching a federal crime for the first time in U.S. history.

Senators are to vote on a bill that includes $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall. Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina. NPR's Kelsey Snell weighs in on the topic.

Fifty years ago, Apollo 8 lifted off. It was the first time humans left low-earth orbit and flew to the moon. The mission capped a difficult year in U.S. history.

Noel King talks to Michele Flournoy, who served as under secretary of Defense for Policy during the Obama administration, about the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis.