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During a visit to the Snap-on tool company Tuesday, President Trump will sign an executive order designed to reinforce government purchasing policies and discourage the heavy use of guest workers.

The murder of Maximino Rodriguez Palacios in Baja California last week is the latest in a string of killings that have made the country one of the most dangerous in the world to report the news.

Social science researchers examine whether extreme protest tactics are an effective way for recruiting popular support. The public may not be relating to protesters like the way protesters aimed for.

An Army medic killed in Korea in 1950 was brought back to Hawaii after the war as an unknown soldier. New tests have been able to identify him, and he was returned to Holyoke, Mass., for burial.

President Trump plans to sign an order on "Hire American" and "Buy American." Vice President Pence meets with Japan's prime minister after Trump targeted Japan for its huge trade surplus with the U.S.

Amid the rise of nationalism, David Greene talks to Pakistani novelist Mohsin Hamid, who sees migration as an inalienable human right. His new novel is called, Exit West.

Police in Chechnya have reportedly detained more than 100 gay men. Some have been tortured. Steve Inskeep to Shaun Walker, a reporter with The Guardian in Moscow, about the detainments.

Also: Cutthroat trout are endangered by climate change; the U.N. says a "staggering" number of people are fleeing Mosul, Iraq; and Sweden now has a Museum of Failure to highlight commercial flops.

Higher interest rates are helping boost financial results at Bank of America. The bank says profits rose 40 percent in the first three months of the year,…

That speculation over whether the NCAA will bring championship games back to North Carolina has ended. It’s announced which cities will host college…

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave his condolences to the family of a man murdered in Cleveland on Sunday, whose attacker shared videos of the killing on the social network.

It may be tax day, but many workers pay more in taxes every time they get a paycheck. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Eugene Steuerle, co-founder of the Tax Policy Center, about the payroll tax and how it works.

Tor Des Roches is medically transitioning from female to male. Julian Harris already has and remembers how "one day you're getting sir'd and he'd, and the next day you're getting she'd and her'd."

Where do holidays like National Potato Chip Day and Argyle Day come from? We trace the roots of one made-up holiday until we find out who is running the global holiday machine.

Egyptian authorities say no tourists were involved but one security officer was killed and four others injured. The ancient monastery is about 130 miles from the Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh.

British Prime Minister Theresa May has called for an early general election. We look at the reasons behind her decision.

"I have no interest in upsetting people before they even get to the point of interfacing with my art," Gabrielle Smith says.

The title track to Lana Del Rey's upcoming album, Lust For Life, is a hazy take on '60s doo-wop and girl groups featuring the lilting falsetto of The Weeknd.

Rachel Martin talks to Mary Robinson, former Ireland president and ex-U.N. high commissioner for Human Rights, about issues that require multilateral cooperation at a time when nationalism is rising.

Australian Terry Peck was dining at a waterfront restaurant when he apparently tried to skip out on a $450 bill. Police on jet skis chased him down after he jumped into the water.