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NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Louisiana State Health Officer Dr. Joseph Kanter and Oregon Public Health Director Rachael Banks on President Biden's strategy to slow the new surge of coronavirus cases.

Journalist Peter Bergen talks about bin Laden's path to mass murder and reflects on the consequences of the recent U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan. Originally broadcast Aug. 4, 2021.

“LandSpeed” Louise Ann Noeth in her jet dragster racing days. She’s written a new book called “Bonneville’s Women of Land Speed Racing,” telling the story of how women broke the gender barrier on the Bonneville Salt Flats and some speed records along the way.

"If the Democrats can do it, the Republicans can do it," Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer told NPR's Nina Totenberg.

President Biden announced new vaccine mandates for employers. The Justice Department sues Texas over its abortion ban. And, a look at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

A group of former models are in France giving testimony against a former prominent figure in the fashion industry, who they say raped and abused them.

NPR's Rachel Martin and Tom Bowman talk to Darryl St. George, an Afghan War veteran reflecting on the end of the mission and the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in New York where he was living.

In only their second call since Biden took office, the two leaders spoke about "the responsibility of both nations to ensure competition does not veer into conflict," according to the White House.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with White House coronavirus response coordinator Jeff Zients about the Biden administration's new measures to curb COVID-19, like mandating vaccination in many workplaces.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician, on President Biden's strategy to slow the spread of the coronavirus delta variant.