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The ink has barely dried on the deal the U.S. and the Taliban signed this weekend and already questions are being asked about it. The sticking point appears to be a prisoner swap.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, on the federal health response to COVID-19.

Experienced bakers share some bread-making tips with the apparently many people taking up the hobby while staying at home.

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with cookbook author and chef Najmieh Batmanglij about the central Asian winter solstice celebrations known as Yalda night.

Holiday joy is in short supply, but Julia Mattison and Joel Waggoner have created a social media advent calendar of silly carols to lighten up a dark season. They talk with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Amid bipartisan pushback on the administration's policy shift in the Mideast the State Department's special envoy for Syria faces tough questions from senators on the decision to pull those troops.

The federal government hopes to hire around half a million workers by next spring to complete the 2020 census. But it's running into trouble with low unemployment and background-check delays.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Mark Warner, a Democratic senator from Virginia, about President Biden's proposed coronavirus relief plan and efforts to get bipartisan support for it in Congress.

Three high school seniors — Bronte Roltsch, Aya Hamza and Madeline Mueller — update NPR's Michel Martin about how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting their lives and post-graduation plans.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with owner Frank Holmes on how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted his Virginia barbershop, which services members of the Washington Redskins.