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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minn., about a plan put forward by 30 moderate House Democrats to reopen the government.

Jonas Mekas survived a Nazi labor camp and landed in New York City in 1949. He picked up a 16mm camera and began filming the new world around him. Mekas died Wednesday at 96.

Over the last two days, three large media companies have announced significant layoffs. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with New York Times media reporter Edmund Lee about what the layoffs mean.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with immigration lawyer Carlos Garcia, who is based in McAllen, Texas, about how his experience there compares to President Trump's remarks.

In Cairo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made a stinging rebuke of the Obama administration's approach to the region. But the comments left some wondering what the Trump administration's strategy is.

Pregnant women in intensive care with severe cases of the flu have a higher risk of giving birth to babies prematurely. The risk of breathing problems for the baby is also substantially higher.

President Trump visited the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas on Thursday, as he tries to increase pressure on lawmakers to end the partial government shutdown and give him funding for the border wall.

Steve Inskeep talks to veteran reporter and commentator Al Hunt, who recently left full-time journalism after more than five decades, about how Washington, the nation and the media have changed.

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says new rules could better protect the accused. There have been about 100,000 comments on proposed changes to Title IX. The deadline for comments is Wednesday.

On Capitol Hill, there has been almost no sign of progress toward ending the shutdown. Senators say they aren't even formally negotiating, which begs the question: what are they actually doing?