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Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has been working on protections for DREAMers for 17 years. A new plan had been gaining bipartisan support in the House and the Senate, but President Trump signaled his opposition to it on Tuesday. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Durbin about his work on the issue, and what a palatable deal looks like to him.

One year ago, a huge earthquake struck off the coast of Indonesia, triggering the tsunami that left an estimated 220,000 people dead across South Asia. Philip Reeves went back to Sri Lanka and reports on the long-term effects of the tragedy on children who survived.

According to inside accounts, the president and McMaster clashed when the top aide's cerebral briefings crashed into Trump's more freewheeling style.

House Speaker Paul Ryan supports a bill that would allow "association health plans" to be sold nationally to small businesses. But critics say such plans tend to be skimpy and not well-regulated.

The veteran journalist was shocked by the tactics White House staff use to circumvent Trump: "I've never heard in any way of staff going around a president this way." Woodward's new book is Fear.

As White House officials begin trade talks in Beijing, Democratic Rep. Tim Ryan talks to David Greene about his support for the tariffs on China that are intended to protect manufacturers in Ohio.

A U.S. delegation met with North Korean officials along the demilitarized zone Sunday, restoring prospects for a summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

Researchers say putting guns out of reach reduces the chances that suicidal veterans could take their own lives, but changing the law is a controversial idea.

The Sea Grant program, which funds research on coastal environments, is slated by White House for elimination in 2018. If it goes, a project that finds leaking septic tanks goes down the drain, too.

President Trump is expected to sign off on steel and aluminum tariffs by the end of the week. That's despite the controversy they've generated, including spurring the exit of a key economic aide.