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The Census Bureau reported a decline in the number of Americans without coverage in 2011. But the ranks of the uninsured remain pretty high.

Fifty-seven percent don't think demanding funding for the wall is worth the gridlock, an NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll finds. Many do not consider the wall a top priority for the next Congress, either.

An Obama-era program, which lets prisoners use Pell grants for college, is wrapping up its first year. So far, there's no indication whether the Trump administration will continue it past expiration.

President Biden is passing the torch to Vice President Harris, which changes the narrative of the race against former President Donald Trump.

Qatar, the host country of the 2022 World Cup, is eliminated from competition, while in American football, the real season is just beginning.

President Obama took his budget agenda to Capitol Hill on Wednesday to round up skeptical Democrats. He seemed prepared to go along with changes as long as Congress' budget preserves down payments on his grand plan.

Host Jacki Lyden speaks with Carol Squiers, a writer nd editor at American Photo magazine, Sophie Elbaz a photojournalist based in aris, France and Lester Sloan, a photographer who worked with Newsweek magazine or 25 years. They answer the question "Is photojournalism dead?" and look at he current state of photojournalism.

NPR's Rob Gifford tells us about an former American prisoner of war who after being taken captive during the Korean war, remained in Asia even after he was freed. Now fifty years later he still lives in China.

- Tom talks with Historian Michael Beschloss, former Judge, Congressman and White House Counsel Abner Mikva, and NPR's Senior News Analyst Dan Schorr about the American Presidency. They discuss the balance of power between Congress and the President and how that has changed over time, depending on the charisma of the leader and the historical period.

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, And the Making of a Nation by Jon Meacham. His previous book, Franklin and Winston, was about the friendship between FDR and Churchill.