President Biden promised to reform immigration policy. How has that been going? President Biden had an ambitious agenda to overhaul the nation's border policies. But as the end of the year approaches, many of those proposals have been blocked, reversed or simply abandoned. Carrie Kahn
What public health experts say about the about the CDC's new quarantine guidelines Many public health experts are pushing for stronger measures than the Biden administration and governors are willing to take to reduce impacts from the growing omicron wave. Why the disconnect? Yuki Noguchi
Biden will speak by phone with Putin as Russia ramps up presence on Ukraine border The request for a call on Thursday came from the Kremlin. The White House said, "It will take a high level of engagement to address this and to try to find a path to de-escalation." Alana Wise
Remembering Harry Reid, ex-Democratic Senate leader, who has died Former Senator Harry Reid has died at age 82. NPR's Sarah McCammon talks to Faiz Shakir, a former adviser to Reid, about his legacy.
Former Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid has died at age 82 The Nevada Democrat, a one-time amateur boxer who brought a pugilist approach to politics, died Tuesday afternoon after a four-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Susan Davis
Hong Kong pro-democracy news site closes after raid, arrests A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested six in a continuing crackdown on dissent. The Associated Press
'The guy from Searchlight': Former Senate leader Harry Reid is dead at 82 Born into poverty in Searchlight, Nev., the one-time amateur boxer served in Congress for 34 years — first in the House and, later, for three decades in the Senate. Susan Davis
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson on the state of the pandemic NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark., about Monday's call with the White House and governors about the pandemic. Ayen Bior
Sudanese activists want the U.S. to support their push for democracy NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with Ambassador Jeffrey Feltman, U.S. Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa, about the ongoing conflicts in that region. Eyder Peralta
What the pandemic could mean for the economy in 2022 The country's economic health is largely being defined by the coronavirus pandemic. The omicron variant is now changing expectations for the economy in 2022. David Gura