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  • Pakistan And Taliban Come To The Negotiating Table
    Pakistan's government and the Pakistani Taliban are holding a first round of peace talks in Islamabad. Expectations are low for any substantial progress toward ending what has been a particularly bloody insurgency. Some analysts believe that the Pakistani military will soon launch a major offensive against the militants in their strongholds along the border with Afghanistan.
  • Obama Tries Going It Alone — And Moves Onto Murky Legal Ground
    President Obama's strategy of governing by executive order is designed to deal with a recalcitrant Congress. But Republican lawmakers are signaling that they'll challenge the White House there too by demanding the legal analysis to support the president's actions.
  • The uneasy marriage of farm bill and food stamps
    Both farmers and food stamps advocates sighed in relief Friday when President Obama signed the long-overdue Agriculture Act of 2014 – the $956-billion…
  • New farm bill changes U.S. ag policy
    Not everyone likes the farm bill signed into law on Friday, but at least farmers will be able to start making informed decisions.The biggest change in the…
  • The George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, Texas.
    Bidding Starts Early For Site Of Obama's Future Library
    The Barack H. Obama Foundation launched this week, with the goal of raising millions of dollars to fund the 44th president's library and museum. The politics of picking a city for the venture, however, makes fundraising look easy.
  • United States' Sage Kotsenburg takes a jump during the men's snowboard slopestyle final at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park, at the 2014 Winter Olympics, on Saturday.
    First Gold Medal Goes To An American
    Slopestyle snowboarder Sage Kotsenburg has won the first gold medal in the Sochi Olympics, as the American women's ice hockey team gets off to a good start.
  • Long Exposures Of A Creepy Garage (Also, The Beatles!)
    Now a humble parking lot, the Washington Coliseum has seen a lot in its day — including a historic night in music.
  • The stalled expansion project of the Panama Canal in Panama City on Thursday.
    Panama Canal Expansion Suspended Over Cost-Overrun Dispute
    A Spanish-led consortium working to build a new lock system to accommodate larger ships says it will stop work until a deal is reached.
  • Sochi An Olympic Spectacle Even Without The Games
    What a week in Sochi, Russia! NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Olympics correspondent Tamara Keith about the ill-fated opening ceremony, stray dogs and bad hotel rooms, as well as who won the first gold medal.
  • Declining Drone Strikes Give Cover To Pakistan's Peace Talks
    Talks are underway between representatives of the Taliban and Pakistan's government. Meanwhile, the U.S. appears to have slowed the pace of drone attacks on Pakistan, which may be intended to allow Islamabad to pursue these peace talks. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Shuja Nawaz, the director of the South Asia Center at the Atlantic Council.
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