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NPR's Michel Martin sat down with President Barack Obama ahead of the release of his new memoir, "A Promised Land."

Dr. Clay Smith, a frontline doctor in South Dakota, talks about staffing challenges as COVID-19 infections reach new highs in the state.

Kansas City, Missouri, Mayor Quinton Lucas talks about his call for people to take coronavirus precautions more seriously.

The former first lady warned in a post on Instagram that a refusal to commit to an orderly transfer of power could put the country at risk.

President-elect Joe Biden focused his plan for rescuing the pandemic-battered U.S. economy on getting the coronavirus under control.

The nation closes nonessential businesses, halts tourism and moves schools online as it battles rising infections.

A U.S official has confirmed with NPR that the White House is planning to cut the number of troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. This news comes in the wake of a shake-up in leadership at the Pentagon.

New York streetwear brand Supreme has been acquired by VF, the parent company of Vans, The North Face and Timberland. NPR discusses whether the brand will retain its street cred.

Women will fill more than a quarter of congressional seats next year. And that growth is being driven by a record number of victories among Republican women after a focused recruitment effort.

Dr. Glenn Hurst says hospitalizations are growing in part because of a nursing home "bottleneck." Many people rehabilitate at nursing homes after leaving the hospital.