Pressure from Trump loyalists is forcing this Texas election official to resign Michele Carew's 14-year career as an election administrator is soon ending. Carew resigned after supporters of former president Trump pressured her out of her position with unfounded claims of fraud. Ayen Bior
With many veterans waiting for care, the VA may change how it uses outside doctors Veterans, along with the rest of the country, see long waits for mental health and other specialty care. Veterans Affairs has announced it will redesign how it schedules and pays for private care. Quil Lawrence
How Dayton, Ohio, spent its COVID money Dayton, Ohio, was once desperate for American Rescue Plan money to help with basic services. Now the city finds itself awash in funds, and looking for creative ways to spend the COVID-19 aid largesse. Tamara Keith
Decades before Trump's election lies, McCarthy's anti-communist fever gripped the GOP The former president threatens that GOP leaders must match their priorities to his or face a mass defection by the party's most reliable voters. It's without precedent, but there is a parallel. Ron Elving
The world needs more COVID vaccines, so the U.S. is helping finance overseas plants The Biden administration has been criticized for hoarding COVID vaccines when millions of people around the world are unvaccinated. Now they're looking at how to help finance plants overseas. Franco Ordoñez
Ted Koppel remembers Colin Powell as a 'wise counselor' to presidents NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran journalist Ted Koppel about Colin Powell's legacy. Koppel recalls both professional moments as well as personal ones, like their shared love of fast cars.
Gen. Wesley Clark remembers the legacy and leadership of Colin Powell NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with retired four-star Gen. Wesley Clark about how history will remember Colin Powell. The former secretary of state has died at 84.
Reflecting on Colin Powell's legacy NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to foreign policy expert Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about how Colin Powell's work will be remembered.
Remembering former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who has died at 84 Powell was the first Black chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and the first Black secretary of state. His family said he died of COVID-19 complications, though he was fully vaccinated. Scott Detrow
Colin Powell dies at 84 of COVID-19 complications Former Secretary of State Colin Powell died early Monday due to complications from COVID-19. Steve Inskeep