Catholics Consider Presidential Candidates Ahead Of Iowa Caucuses In Dubuque, a majority of working-class Catholic voters flipped from Democrat to Republican in 2016 — for the first time since Dwight Eisenhower. Will Democrats draw them back in 2020? Rachel Martin
Trump Travels To Iowa To Engage In Political Counterprogramming Several days before Iowa Democrats kick off the 2020 presidential nominating contest, President Trump held a reelection rally Thursday night in Des Moines. Scott Detrow
Why Many Progressives Say They've Come Back To Bernie Sanders A year ago, many progressives told NPR they weren't so sure they wanted to see the Vermont senator run for president again. But now, it appears those voters are coming back. Asma Khalid
McConnell Now Likely Has Votes To Block Witnesses; Trial Could End Soon Sen. Lamar Alexander says he will not vote to bring witnesses. The Senate could move swiftly Friday to end President Trump's impeachment trial. Bobby Allyn
Senators To CFPB: Why Are You Still Failing To Protect Student Loan Borrowers? Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the director of the nation's top consumer watchdog agency demanding that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau do its job supervising the student loan system. Chris Arnold
Once Again, Impeachment Trial Raises The Topic Of Receiving Info From Foreigners President Trump's legal position welcoming campaign information from foreigners threatens to open Pandora's box in coming elections and to nullify a key lesson from 2016, critics warned. Philip Ewing
Trump Administration Clears The Way For Medicaid Block Grants States can now apply to set up their Medicaid program with capped funding from the federal government. With this move, the administration delivers on a long-held conservative goal. Selena Simmons-Duffin
FACT CHECK: Where Trump's 2019 State Of The Union Promises Stand How much progress has been made on the goals that President Trump laid out in his last state of the union address? Barbara Sprunt
Documents reveal more specifics about Rep. Shea investigation Hundreds of documents compiled as part of a special investigation into Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley, have been made available to the public. KUOW
Q&A Session Will Continue For 2nd Day In Senate Trial Senators will ask a series of questions in President Trump's impeachment trial — questions that so far have illuminated how sharply divided opinions are on how the president handled aid to Ukraine. Mara Liasson