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President Trump pardoned financier Michael Milken Tuesday. Decades ago, he changed Wall Street when he created the junk bond market. Then he got arrested and turned to philanthropy.

To prepare for more development, lawmakers in Florida are commissioning new toll roads through rural areas. But some rural communities say they don't want them.

President Nicolás Maduro has allowed the use of U.S. dollars to revive Venezuela's collapsing economy, jumpstarting business and consumption for those with greenbacks. Those without may go hungry.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kentucky Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman about the tornadoes devastated her state over the weekend. The death toll is expected to rise.

She walked across Texas Southern University's stage — receiving a Bachelor's degree in health administration. She says she wanted to complete her education to honor her late mother and grandmother.

How will the Trump administrations' proposed changes to asylum rules affect asylum seekers? NPR's David Greene talks with Michelle Brané of the Women's Refugee Commission.

Pitchers at two teams at a New Mexico high school threw a perfect game and a no-hitter on the same day, according to the Carlsbad Current Argus.

Attorney General Barr's appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee will give three presidential candidates another opportunity to make headlines from the committee dais.

Special counsel Robert Mueller expressed concern in a letter to Attorney General William Barr about Barr's summary of Mueller's findings. Barr is set testify today on Capitol Hill.

After President Biden's democracy summit, what does it mean when countries say they are a democracy? NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Seema Shah, co-author of the Global State of Democracy report.