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Here are the highlights from a week that marks one month of President Trump's term: Mass firings in the federal government, resignations in protest and controversial foreign policy moves.

Audio producer Samantha Broun interviews high school students about the small true things in their lives: the breakups, the bullies and the budding hopes and dreams.

The House GOP budget resolution relies on significant cuts to Medicaid. Some Republican lawmakers are warning about the effect this could have on their constituents.

The artifacts were stolen by British soldiers in the late 19th century and eventually made their way to a Dutch collection.

The annual Conservative Political Action Conference is underway outside of Washington, D.C. A major theme has been the array of actions President Trump has taken during his first month in office.

Staff at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and WNC national forests lose jobs in federal reductions

Baseball is back. Spring training is underway and the regular season is coming - as are questions about the money behind the sport.

A new study shows that giving mice the human version of a gene changes their squeak, suggesting some of the genetic underpinnings of language.

President Trump is diverging from decades of U.S. foreign policy when it comes to Russia.

President Trump says he wants to eliminate the Department of Education. NPR speaks with two former education secretaries to dig into what this means and whether it's possible.

Aid groups are asking a federal judge to find USAID and State Department officials in contempt for not restoring funding to global programs. USAID says it has a legal right to cancel contracts.

Lawyers representing 22 states and a coalition of research organizations were in federal court Friday trying to retain science funding the Trump administration wants to cut.

The leaders of the Hong Kong Democratic Party announced their plans to dissolve the party. This move comes after years of political pressure from Beijing that includes a national security law.

On Wild Card, we ask the kinds of questions people often think about but don't talk about. Comedian Ronny Chieng reflects on a disappointing experience that turned out to be a blessing.

Senators in D.C. were up into the early morning hours doing a "vote-a-rama." It's part of a budget resolution process being used to unlock a path to implement President Trump's legislative agenda.

The White House is touting the first month of its immigration crackdown as a big success. But questions remain about the Venezuelan migrants who had been detained at the naval base in Guantánamo Bay.

The Maine Principals' Association said it would continue to allow trans girls to compete in school sports, saying President Trump's recent executive order is in conflict with state law.

The White House has kept the wire service from covering key events because it refuses to call the body of water between Mexico and Florida the Gulf of America, as renamed by Trump.

President Trump's executive order that the federal government recognizes only two sexes, male and female, is disrupting the lives of some trans, nonbinary and intersex people applying for passports.

Per Congress' directive, the occupant of the position can only be fired for "inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office."