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The initial Jan. 29 date was postponed amid the record 35-day partial government shutdown. With the government reopened, for at least three weeks, Trump is sure to push for the border wall he wants.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he is not planning to seek early elections — though observers say that may change if his political opponents push through a bill blocking a no-deal Brexit.

Democratic lawmakers are moving to more tightly regulate electronic petitions, which are becoming more popular for initiative, recall and referendum campaigns in Oregon.

The Oregon Legislature took a big step this weekend toward allowing the state to curb the flow of unlimited money into political campaigns.

This week, NPR profiled a Montana man who was billed nearly half a million dollars for 14 weeks of dialysis, after being caught in a dispute between insurer and the dialysis provider. Now he owes $0.

The band's frontman says the band had been cashing in on nostalgia since its hits of the 1990s, but now, with a surprise record deal, Sugar Ray has a fresh chance to return to its fun-loving roots.

A bill propelled by high school students passed this legislative session expands the definition of sick days at school, allowing students to take "mental health days." The law's supporters hope it will destigmatize mental illness.

The Band's Robbie Robertson describes how The Band's unique, honest and eclectic sound evolved in the basement of a house they called Big Pink, and the process of creating Music from Big Pink.

People gathered in cities across the country on Friday to protest the Trump administration's policy of separating immigrant parents and children at the Southern border.

The speaker of parliament read what he said was a letter from Mugabe, who's led Zimbabwe since its independence from Britain in 1980. Journalist Jeffrey Barbee in Harare talks to NPR's Steve Inskeep.