The Latest World How the U.S. oil blockade is taking a high toll on everyday Cubans As tensions between Washington and Havana mount, what is life like for Cubans living through a weekslong oil blockade? NPR's Adrian Ma speaks to CNN's Havana Bureau Chief Patrick Oppmann about life on the island. Avery Keatley Music Trio Libre: Colombian musician Samuel Torres' new album features just three instruments Colombian-born percussionist and composer Samuel Torres and his group release their newest album, Trio Libre. Adrian Ma Politics Robert Mueller, ex-FBI director who led 2016 Russia inquiry, dies at 81 Mueller's family told The New York Times in August that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Chandelis Duster World Iraqi Kurds mark Nowruz, celebrating light over darkness In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity. Jane Arraf Europe UK-REFORMING THE LORDS The UK Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all elderly white men. A new law now phases them out, for the 1st time in nearly 1,000 years. Lauren Frayer Opinion: Lessons from a bad weather forecast Residents in and around Washington braced themselves for damaging storms earlier this week, but turns out it was a forecast flop. One local meteorologist apologized. Scott Simon What is the current situation on the battlefield in Iran? The Pentagon is sending two Marine units to the Middle East despite President Trump's denials that he will call for ground troops to fight in Iran. Greg Myre An Iranian-American political science expert talks about Iran's nuclear program NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ariane Tabatabai, the Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about the nature of Iran's nuclear program, and whether it, as President Trump has said, posed an "imminent threat." Eric McDaniel Health Care What Colorado is doing about vaccine policy After RFK Jr. began overhauling the CDC, Colorado has taken vaccine policy into its own hands. It's going to follow the scientific recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics. John Daley Politics Week in Politics: Trump and the war in Iran; Pentagon funding; Senate debates SAVE Act President Trumps looks to allies for help with the war in Iran, then says the U.S. doesn't need it. The Pentagon requests 200 billion dollars in additional funding. The Senate debates the SAVE Act. Ron Elving Prev 32 of 1644 Next Sponsored
World How the U.S. oil blockade is taking a high toll on everyday Cubans As tensions between Washington and Havana mount, what is life like for Cubans living through a weekslong oil blockade? NPR's Adrian Ma speaks to CNN's Havana Bureau Chief Patrick Oppmann about life on the island. Avery Keatley
Music Trio Libre: Colombian musician Samuel Torres' new album features just three instruments Colombian-born percussionist and composer Samuel Torres and his group release their newest album, Trio Libre. Adrian Ma
Politics Robert Mueller, ex-FBI director who led 2016 Russia inquiry, dies at 81 Mueller's family told The New York Times in August that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Chandelis Duster
World Iraqi Kurds mark Nowruz, celebrating light over darkness In the Kurdish regions of the Middle East, Nowruz celebrations — honoring the arrival of spring — are a fundamental expression of Kurdish identity. Jane Arraf
Europe UK-REFORMING THE LORDS The UK Parliament still has 92 unelected lawmakers who inherit seats by bloodline. They're all elderly white men. A new law now phases them out, for the 1st time in nearly 1,000 years. Lauren Frayer
Opinion: Lessons from a bad weather forecast Residents in and around Washington braced themselves for damaging storms earlier this week, but turns out it was a forecast flop. One local meteorologist apologized. Scott Simon
What is the current situation on the battlefield in Iran? The Pentagon is sending two Marine units to the Middle East despite President Trump's denials that he will call for ground troops to fight in Iran. Greg Myre
An Iranian-American political science expert talks about Iran's nuclear program NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Ariane Tabatabai, the Public Service Fellow at Lawfare, about the nature of Iran's nuclear program, and whether it, as President Trump has said, posed an "imminent threat." Eric McDaniel
Health Care What Colorado is doing about vaccine policy After RFK Jr. began overhauling the CDC, Colorado has taken vaccine policy into its own hands. It's going to follow the scientific recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics. John Daley
Politics Week in Politics: Trump and the war in Iran; Pentagon funding; Senate debates SAVE Act President Trumps looks to allies for help with the war in Iran, then says the U.S. doesn't need it. The Pentagon requests 200 billion dollars in additional funding. The Senate debates the SAVE Act. Ron Elving