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Lawrence P. Jackson's biography tracks the writer's course from prison to published novelist. Critic Maureen Corrigan says Himes' life story is well worth reading.

The jazz pianist's latest album with his go-go backing band features a powerful song he wrote in tribute to the young Baltimore man who died in 2015 of injuries sustained in police custody.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Sen. Angus King, Independent of Maine, who voted on Tuesday against an effort to start discussing a bill to reset the Affordable Care Act.

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with correspondent Tamara Keith about President Donald Trump's joint news conference at the White House with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri.

Israel removed metal detectors from a Jerusalem holy site to ease tensions with Palestinians. But plans for a new security system have prompted more protests.

Sen. John McCain — who was recently diagnosed with brain cancer — made a dramatic return to the Senate Tuesday and voted yes in the GOP effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.

Hundreds gain experience in politics every summer through Capitol Hill internships but few are paid. How does that shape the intern pool, and how are some lawmakers finding the funds to make a change?

Robert Siegel talks with former Senate Parliamentarian Alan Frumin about the role of the parliamentarian in the health care bill.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Roy Gutman, a freelance reporter based in Istanbul, about his article in the Daily Beast about Turkey's leak of secret locations of U.S. troops in Syria.

Robert Siegel speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff of California, ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, about the panel's closed-door meeting with Jared Kushner on Tuesday.