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The attorney general gave a fiery opening statement and answered senators' questions for 2 1/2 hours. Democrats hammered him on FBI Director James Comey's firing and for being generally evasive.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Minnesota Democratic Sen. Al Franken about Attorney General Sessions' testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday as part of its Russia investigation.

Members of Congress say President Trump is violating the Constitution by profiting from foreign governments — without congressional consent. The more than 190 Democrats want the court to make it stop.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet says she plans to use her new role to meet people who don't read poetry ... yet, anyway. She believes poetry can be a resource for people in fraught or isolating times.

Otto Warmbier is said to have been in a coma since sometime after his sentencing in North Korea in March 2016. The American student was sentenced to a 15-year prison term after his arrest.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Army Lt. Gen. Steve Townsend about the offensive to unseat ISIS from its stronghold in Raqqa.

More than 190 Democrats in Congress are suing President Trump over foreign payments to his businesses. Also, a look at the future of the Republican health care plan, and white phosphorous use in Iraq.

Rachel Martin speaks with Rep. Jamie Raskin, a Democrat from Maryland, about a lawsuit from members of Congress who are suing President Trump for violating the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution.

A college student in Wyoming was arrested trying to leave a store with three TVs. Police said they found many stolen items in her dorm room. She told police she was working on a paper on kleptomania.

We look at what the Senate is expected to do with the Republican health care plan passed by the House.