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Lawmakers came to blows briefly on the floor of the Texas House on Monday after a Republican representative told Democrats that he called immigration officers on protesters in the House gallery.

Could a meeting with U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions resolve the conflict between federal and state laws that has left the nation's cannabis industry in legal limbo?

The grove in Northern California with its ancient redwood trees, some taller than the Statue of Liberty, is being acquired by environmental group Save the Redwoods League that plans to open a new public park.

We talk with Washington Post reporter Amber Phillips about why East Coast journalists view Oregon as the center of resistance to President Trump.

Along Oregon's coast, a body of cold water low in oxygen has formed near premier fishing grounds. This dead zone, which first appeared in 2002, has already suffocated some sea life and could kill more if it moves closer to shore.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to a representative from the U.S. Coast Guard, Captain Kevin D. Oditt, about the how the search and rescue efforts are going in the city of Houston.

Democratic leaders want Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign after news reports that he met with Russia's ambassador to the U.S. twice last year.

Angelita Wynn was driving kids back home on her afternoon run one day in March when she got word she was losing her job. With her savings dwindling, "it has led to sleepless nights and anxious days."

Some of the first electric semis to hit the highways are being built at the Daimler Trucks North America headquarters in Portland. A new mandate from California aims to rev up production.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Sherwin B. Nuland about his new book Lost in America: A Journey with My Father. It is the story of growing up in the shadow of an immigrant father who cannot make the America dream come true. Nuland describes the relationship between him and his father and the impact that relationship had on Nuland's later years. The book is published by Knopf.