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For reaction to Trump's Afghan strategy plan, Ailsa Chang talks to Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana, who also served in Afghanistan. Banks sits on the House Armed Services Committee.

President Trump, who often boasted when the stock market hit record highs, has said nothing as the market enters a period of volatility.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Washington, D.C., city council member David Grosso about his proposal to ban out-of-school suspensions in the District's public and charter schools.

Maureen Corrigan recommends two books that grapple with real-life mysteries: Laura Thompson's biography of the sphinxlike Agatha Christie, and I'll Be Gone In The Dark, by the late Michelle McNamara.

After a contentious process, the Senate has confirmed Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination. The chamber was roiled over allegations of sexual assault against the nominee.

There were five high-profile shootings this past week. NPR's Michel Martin asks Mark Bryant of the Gun Violence Archive whether those numbers are out of the ordinary.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with GOP strategist Ron Bonjean about the continuing controversy surrounding Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

The move is the most severe punishment any social media company has taken in response to Trump, who used online platforms to encourage the violent mob that stormed the Capitol on Wednesday.

Ailsa Chang talks to Deborah Archer, new president of the ACLU, about the organization's changing tides and recently announced racial justice agenda.

The popular platform also reported on Monday that it deleted more than 300 communities, known on the site as "servers," that were dedicated to the conspiracy theory QAnon.