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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser about the capital city under President Trump and the planned renaming of Black Lives Matter Plaza.

Mark Carney to become Canada's next prime minister, ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University protests, House Republicans unveil plan to fund government through September.

Over the weekend, House Republicans unveiled a 99-page plan to keep the federal government running through September. Congress needs to approve a spending bill by Friday or face another shutdown.

Former Canadian diplomat Colin Robertson, now with the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the strained relationship between Canada and the U.S.

Mexico has been a target of threats of potential military action and of new tariffs since Trump took office. Mexico's president called for rally in Mexico City, and some 350,000 people showed up.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with author Reginald Dwayne Betts about his new collection of poems, "Doggerel," a meditation on family, friendship and falling in love.

In some parts of the U.S., drug deaths have plunged to levels not seen since the fentanyl crisis exploded. Addiction experts say communities still face big challenges.

Sixty years ago this month, civil rights activists walked across the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Alabama before being violently attacked by law enforcement. The day became known as Bloody Sunday.

A new ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is likely in a matter of weeks, according to President Trump's hostage affairs envoy. Hear the latest updates on negotiations.

Prolific South African playwright Athol Fugard, who chronicled apartheid and its aftermath, has died at the age of 92.