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The NPR Politics Podcast discusses reports that Susan Rice, Obama-era national security adviser, ordered the unmasking of people with the Trump campaign caught in surveillance of foreign officials.

Austin, relatively unknown outside of entertainment circles, taught and inspired many big names in comedy.

In a statement on Tuesday, President Trump condemned the chemical attack in Syria and blames his predecessor. In past tweets, Trump offered then-President Obama advice about the Syrian situation.

The opening stage for construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall has begun with contractors offering their prototype designs and lawmakers debating over funding the project.

Authorities say that about 40 people may have watched the rapes of a 15-year-old girl that were streamed on the social media platform — and that none of them reported the crimes.

U.S. taxpayers pay $30 billion a year to fund biomedical research aimed at finding better treatments. But competition for scarce funding and tenure may be prompting some scientists to cut corners.

Drug legalization advocates and former prosecutors are watching the Justice Department to see how it shifts emphasis on marijuana prosecutions. Attorney General Sessions takes a hard line on the drug.

Republicans spent hours attacking the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Richard Cordray, at a hearing Wednesday. Cordray talks with Rachel Martin about the agency's role.

As tax day approaches, Democratic activists are calling on President Trump to release his taxes. On April 15, critics are planning marches around the country.

The Trump administration has accepted design proposals for the wall the president wants to build along the 2,000-mile border with Mexico. Some companies have radically different ideas.