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Omar Saif Ghobash was 6 when an assassin killed his father, who was a diplomat from the United Arab Emirates. His new book is a collection of letters to his sons, urging them to reject extremism.

Intelligence officials recently briefed both Obama and Trump about the unconfirmed reports. U.S. intelligence agencies have said Russia engaged in an extensive hacking effort during the 2016 election.

Avril Haines, the first woman nominated to the top intelligence post, took a strange path to this job. She studied judo in Japan, physics in college, and rebuilt a plane that she later crash-landed.

The House passed a resolution setting the rules for public hearings. It also sets the procedures for the president and his counsel for judiciary hearings on articles of impeachment.

The No Child Left Behind Act requires low-income schools that haven't met performance targets for three years in a row to provide tutoring services to their students. The tutoring industry is benefiting from the influx of federal money, but critics worry about the quality of the services. In our second and final story on the rise of tutoring, Elaine Korry reports.

In recent weeks, President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe ordered the demolition of shantytowns and left thousands of people without homes or livelihood. Host Renee Montagne speaks with Andrew Meldrum about his book Where We Have Hope: A Memoir of Zimbabwe. Meldrum lived and worked as a journalist in Zimbabwe for 23 years, until he was expelled by the Mugabe regime.

Attorney General Xavier Becerra is calling on the Justice Department to invite Democrats to the Sept. 25 meeting focused on social media and tech companies or risk proving the event's political bent.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Mumilaaq Qaqqaq, a member of the Canadian parliament, about Canada grappling with a history of injustice against Indigenous people.

President Biden has a long to-do list when it comes to cybersecurity. He has to deal with a major cyber breach still under investigation, and there's a running debate over online conspiracy campaigns.

The Portland Police Association announced Monday that it is taking its ongoing contract negotiations with the city to mediation. The move means the partially public negotiations will move behind closed doors, as the two sides make their cases on the thorniest issues that remain unresolved.