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The firing of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson gives the State Department a new head diplomat: former CIA Director Mike Pompeo. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Daniel Byman of the Brookings Institution about what the shakeup means for negotiations with Iran and North Korea.

President Trump issued an unusual executive order to block a massive bid by Singapore-based chipmaker Broadcom to buy America's largest mobile chipmaker Qualcomm. At the heart of the deal is the future of wireless technology.

National Geographic has released an issue on race. Which, considering the magazine's history on race, is either intriguing or ironic. Maybe both.

In February, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band in New Orleans had a rare Italian-made sousaphone stolen. Now, thanks to an anonymous tipster, it's back in the band's possession.

After Sept. 11, Gina Haspel, nominated to run the CIA, was involved in the agency's torture program. NPR's David Greene speaks to John Rizzo, who was the CIA's acting general counsel.

A man in China found a puppy, which he brought home as a pet. But the puppy wasn't a dog, it was an Asian black bear, he only discovered when it grew. The bear got turned over to animal welfare.

High school students across the U.S. are walking out of class to protest gun violence in schools. In Chicago, protesting students also want action to take guns off the street.

Natalie Prass turns the laid-back groove of "Short Court Style" into the soft murmurs of late-night devotion.

Armando Iannucci's new film satirizes the days in 1953 when the Soviet Union lost its totalitarian leader and members of his inner circle argued, plotted and killed while selecting a successor.

President Trump's comment stops months of negotiations to withdraw some U.S. troops from Afghanistan. It comes amid an uptick in violence and weeks ahead of Afghanistan's general election.