The Latest Latin America Why Venezuela's opposition has urged voters to boycott upcoming regional elections Venezuela's opposition has urged voters to boycott up and coming regional elections - but this tactic has deeply divided the party - including one of Venezuela's most storied political families. John Otis Law & Courts The DOJ is investigating Washington state over a new child abuse law Washington passed a law becoming one of just a few states that not only requires clergy to report child abuse -- but make no exemption in religious settings where clergy are bound to confidentiality. Jeanie Lindsay Economy Is the dollar's reign ending? For decades, dollars have been the world's common financial language -- the "reserve currency." When financial markets tank, people have rushed toward the dollar for safety. It might be changing. Mary Childs Trump announces major Middle East foreign policy moves — many sidestepping Israel When President Trump announced his decision to lift sanctions from Syria, Israelis couldn't believe it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had asked Trump not to lift sanctions, media widely reported. Carrie Kahn National DOJ may drop case against Boeing over deadly 737 Max crashes, despite families' outrage Boeing agreed last year to plead guilty to defrauding regulators after the crashes of two 737 Max jets, in 2018 and 2019, that killed 346 people. But a federal judge rejected that proposed plea deal. Joel Rose Arts & Life Ava DuVernay defends the Smithsonian NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum. Juana Summers World Ukraine peace talks achieve little beyond prisoner swap pledge Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agree to a prisoner swap but made no major breakthroughs in Istanbul ceasefire talks. Charles Maynes Health Care Democratic governors reverse course on health care for immigrants without legal status With massive budget cuts looming and threats from the Trump administration, several states are considering whether to cut Medicaid benefits for migrants in the country without legal status. Dana Ferguson National Supreme Court extends pause on deportations under Alien Enemies Act in Texas The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act. It said it's not directly addressing whether the invocation of the act was legal. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' has died at 96 Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause" and "Annie," died at his home in New York City on Thursday. Jeff Lunden Prev 1577 of 1643 Next Sponsored
Latin America Why Venezuela's opposition has urged voters to boycott upcoming regional elections Venezuela's opposition has urged voters to boycott up and coming regional elections - but this tactic has deeply divided the party - including one of Venezuela's most storied political families. John Otis
Law & Courts The DOJ is investigating Washington state over a new child abuse law Washington passed a law becoming one of just a few states that not only requires clergy to report child abuse -- but make no exemption in religious settings where clergy are bound to confidentiality. Jeanie Lindsay
Economy Is the dollar's reign ending? For decades, dollars have been the world's common financial language -- the "reserve currency." When financial markets tank, people have rushed toward the dollar for safety. It might be changing. Mary Childs
Trump announces major Middle East foreign policy moves — many sidestepping Israel When President Trump announced his decision to lift sanctions from Syria, Israelis couldn't believe it. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had asked Trump not to lift sanctions, media widely reported. Carrie Kahn
National DOJ may drop case against Boeing over deadly 737 Max crashes, despite families' outrage Boeing agreed last year to plead guilty to defrauding regulators after the crashes of two 737 Max jets, in 2018 and 2019, that killed 346 people. But a federal judge rejected that proposed plea deal. Joel Rose
Arts & Life Ava DuVernay defends the Smithsonian NPR's Juana Summers talks with filmmaker Ava DuVernay about her lifetime achievement award speech at the Smithsonian American History Museum. Juana Summers
World Ukraine peace talks achieve little beyond prisoner swap pledge Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agree to a prisoner swap but made no major breakthroughs in Istanbul ceasefire talks. Charles Maynes
Health Care Democratic governors reverse course on health care for immigrants without legal status With massive budget cuts looming and threats from the Trump administration, several states are considering whether to cut Medicaid benefits for migrants in the country without legal status. Dana Ferguson
National Supreme Court extends pause on deportations under Alien Enemies Act in Texas The U.S. Supreme Court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting a group of immigrants in northern Texas under the Alien Enemies Act. It said it's not directly addressing whether the invocation of the act was legal. Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Charles Strouse, Broadway composer of 'Annie' and 'Bye Bye Birdie,' has died at 96 Broadway composer Charles Strouse, creator of the hit musicals "Bye Bye Birdie," "Applause" and "Annie," died at his home in New York City on Thursday. Jeff Lunden