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Retired Col. John P. Galligan, one of Maj. Nidal Hasan's defense lawyers, talks to Melissa Block about defending the suspected Fort Hood shooter. Galligan says he met briefly with Hasan at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, but hasn't gotten anything from the government yet pertaining to the case.

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens has vowed to fight to keep his Senate seat despite his conviction on corruption charges. Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin have called on Stevens to resign, but the longtime GOP senator still enjoys clout in his home state.

The federal government agreed Tuesday to make an emergency loan of $85 billion to American International Group in exchange for a nearly 80 percent equity stake in the company. Why did the Federal Reserve act to save AIG and what does it mean?

President Biden is to hold his first in-person meeting with China's leader, Xi Jinping, in California on Wednesday. The two leaders have a lot to discuss when they sit down.

Each week, Pop Culture Happy Hour guests and hosts share what's bringing them joy. This week: the series Deadloch, a new John Grisham book, an album from Dessa, and a podcast about Vietnam in movies.

Negotiations continued between the White House and House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday to avoid the fiscal cliff. Earlier in the day, Boehner prepared his fellow House Republicans for the likelihood that taxes will have to rise on top earners. He's also now talking about a "plan B" if talks fail to come to a deal. Tamara Keith joins Melissa Block from Capitol Hill.

ESPN has lost 10 million subscribers since 2011. Today, to cut costs, the sports network is expected to lay off 100 employees. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal.

The next Star Trek movie comes out this week. It's been four years since the last one came out, and more than 40 years since the final episode of the original Star Trek series aired on television. Some fans moved on. Some spent the intervening decades pining away for Captain Kirk, Mr. Spock and the rest of the crew of the Starship Enterprise. And some took up the gauntlet Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry threw down in 1966 and started making episodes of their own.

It's been more than 6 years - and a lot of political tension - since Chinese leader Xi Jinping has traveled to the US. He'll meet next with with President Biden in San Francisco.

U.S. District Judge John McConnell Jr. said the attempt to pause trillions in federal spending "fundamentally undermines the distinct constitutional roles of each branch of our government."

An Edinburgh police detective and a team of misfits search for a woman who vanished several years earlier. Critic John Powers says the byplay of characters makes Dept. Q worth watching.

The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to resume immigration raids in Los Angeles. Chief Justice John Roberts also temporarily barred lower courts from reinstating a member of the FTC.

President Trump exchanged insults with Kim Jong Un this week, while Sen. John McCain said he would vote against the Republican health care effort.

Oklahoma City's mayor, Republican Mick Cornett, talks with Rachel Martin about his meeting with Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly and the definition of "sanctuary cities."

President Trump spoke from the White House on Thursday to lay out a sweeping new immigration plan that would boost border security and change who gets to immigrate to the United States.

As the nation's economic crisis continues, many in the fear the government is stalling on concessions and opponents plan to march on Thursday to give a symbolic pink slip to President Nicolas Maduro.

Conductor John Mauceri's latest album is filled with renditions of the most-chilling music from Alfred Hitchcock's films. He talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

President Trump tweeted criticism of the mayor of San Juan, who has been critical of the federal government's response to the disaster since Hurricane Maria hit the island more than 10 days ago.

Sofia Coppola has taken a 1971 Southern Gothic psychodrama directed by a man and remade it from a female perspective — and the result is powerful.

John Powers reviews a new graphic novel that he describes as an astonishing work of imagination by the Singaporean writer and illustrator Sonny Liew. It's called The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye.