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NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Carol Jenkins, CEO of the ERA Coalition, why Virginia is poised to pass the Equal Rights Amendment almost five decades after it was initially proposed.

Houthi rebels in Yemen have claimed responsibility for the attacks, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of launching an "unprecedented attack on the world's energy supply."

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Barbara Perry, director of presidential studies at the University of Virginia, about the history of recordings at the White House, from FDR to Nixon.

As the Trump administration continues its crackdown on illegal immigration, some prosecutors around the country are looking at ways to avoid prosecuting immigrants when a minor crime might lead to their deportation.

The Haqqani network is suspected of being behind a massive bomb attack in Kabul, Afghanistan. We look at what that means for the U.S. strategy in the country.

A criminal complaint charging Ruslan Maratovich Asainov was unsealed in New York City; prosecutors say he was a sniper and weapons trainer for the Islamic State in Syria.

More than 3,100 are moving out of the Bureau of Prisons system on Friday and the Justice Department is making other changes to comply with a law passed by Congress last year.

The coronavirus has claimed 100,000 lives in the U.S. The grim milestone comes as states started reopening, risking a much higher death toll.

Smugglers off the coast of Yemen threw as many as 280 migrants overboard this week, according to the International Organization for Migration. The IOM says dozens of migrants from Ethiopia and Somalia are dead. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joel Millman, spokesman for the IOM, about the incident.

Peter Tefft's decision to "unlearn" what he was taught at home has brought heartbreak to his family — and he's no longer welcome, Pearce Tefft says.