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After Friday’s terrorist attacks in Paris, a growing number of governors across the US are opposing efforts to resettle Syrian refugees in their states,…

Governors in more than a dozen states have asked the federal government not to resettle any more Syrian refugees in their states, as presidential candidates also question the ability to screen them.

Despite the growing list of U.S. governors stating they will no longer resettle people from Syria, it's not clear whether states have the legal authority to keep the refugees out.

Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Scott Horsley in Washington, D.C., and Eleanor Beardsley in Paris to discuss remarks by the American and French presidents about the Paris attacks.

French police conducted 168 raids and detained 23 suspects. Officials believe that a French national and a Belgian national, living in Syria, orchestrated the attacks that left 129 people dead.

Former Maryland Gov. O'Malley won cheers referring to "that immigrant-bashing carnival barker Donald Trump," and adding "the symbol of America is the Statue of Liberty, not a barbed-wire fence."

Sunday, there are three new winners of the Governors Award. The honorary Oscars were awarded last night to Spike Lee, Gena Rowlands and Debbie Reynolds.

Democratic presidential candidates held their second primary debate last night in Des Moines, Iowa. The debate focused on, among other things, security after the Paris terror attacks.

The former Transportation Secretary's new book bemoans the end of bipartisanship. Is his vision of compromise a pipe dream?

Politics is never far from controversy — be it Supreme Court rulings, guns or terrorist attacks, like the one in Paris. President Obama — and the candidates trying to replace him — all weighed in.