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Tent City Housing Migrant Children To Close As Kids Are Released To Sponsors

The Department of Health and Human Services confirms the population at Tornillo, Texas, is down from nearly 3,000 adolescents last month to about 1,500. The camp is due to close at the end of January.

Protesters walk through chemical irritants deployed by federal agents in Portland, Ore. The Justice Department inspector general says he is investigating federal officers' roles in responding to protests in Portland and Washington, D.C.

DOJ Inspector General Investigating Federal Agents' Actions In Portland And D.C.

Inspector General Michael Horowitz announces the inquiry the day after Portland, Ore., Mayor Ted Wheeler was tear-gassed by federal agents.

Mourners Gather For For The Funeral Of Congressman John Lewis

Mourners gathered at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta for the funeral of Rep. John Lewis. He was laid to rest after six days of mourning in Alabama, Washington, D.C., and Georgia.

Police Chief Carmen Best listens during a news conference at City Hall in Seattle on July 13. Best is critical of a plan backed by several city council members that seeks to cut the police department's budget in half.

Seattle Police Chief On Proposed Budget Cuts And Calls For Reforms

The Seattle City Council supports a 50% cut to the police budget. Police Chief Carmen Best says that would be a "reckless maneuver" right now and says many reforms are already underway.

U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos backed a rule that would have increased private schools' share of CARES Act dollars from $127 million to $1.5 billion, according to one analysis.

DeVos Loses Latest Fight Over Rerouting Aid To Private School Students

A federal judge says U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos overstepped in trying to send more CARES Act money to help students at private schools.

Janis Shinwari takes his oath Monday as a naturalized U.S. citizen in a ceremony in Fairfax, Va. He worked eight years as an Afghan interpreter with the U.S. military in his homeland, and was credited with saving the lives of five U.S. troops.

Afghan Interpreter Who Saved U.S. Troops Gets American Citizenship

Janis Shinwari, an Afghan interpreter for the U.S. military, grabbed a rifle in the heat of battle and saved U.S. troops in 2008. Twelve years later, he became a U.S. citizen.

How Libraries Are Supporting The Black Lives Matter Movement

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Boston librarian Stacy Collins about how libraries are taking up issues of policing and Black Lives Matters.

Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar, pictured at the White House Sunday, defended the FDA's authorization of convalescent plasma treatment.

HHS Chief Alex Azar Defends Authorization Of Plasma To Treat COVID-19

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar about the Food and Drug Administration allowing the use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19.

Anti-Donald Trump protesters confront his supporters during a Trump rally at the UIC Pavilion in Chicago on March 11, 2016.

Presidential Candidates React To Violence At Donald Trump's Chicago Rally

Two of the Republican candidates said Saturday they may no longer support Donald Trump should he become the nominee following the violent events at a Trump rally in Chicago on Friday night.

A blanket that hung at Angel Candelario Padro's wake in Orlando on Wednesday afternoon.

For An Orlando Victim, Burial Means A Final Flight Home To Puerto Rico

Funeral services have begun for victims of Sunday's mass shooting in Orlando, Fla. Some of the victims are being flown to Puerto Rico for burial — including 28-year-old Angel Candelario-Padro.

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