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Some of the Honduran migrants in the caravan say they are hoping to see a change in U.S. asylum policy when President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

President-elect Biden plans to end the Trump administration's travel ban on Muslim-majority countries on Day 1. But immigrant advocates say the lasting effects of the policy will be harder to undo.

The Trump administration has upended decades of diplomatic practice in U.S. relations with Taiwan. For the new president, "this is meant to be a trap," says a former Obama administration official.

Problems included a glitch with a sign-up app and some staff jumping to the front of the line ahead of medical workers with more exposure to the coronavirus.

A growing number of cities want to restrict the use of gas in buildings to reduce climate emissions. But many states are now considering laws to block that with backing from the natural gas industry.

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated more than $400 million to nonprofits that in turn distributed grants last year to state and local election officials.

In a Fox News interview, the president weighed in controversially on the pandemic and issues of race.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Jordan's Prime Minister Omar Razzaz about the Israeli government's plan to annex the occupied West Bank.

Prime Minister Omar Razzaz tells NPR Jordan is determined to protect the most vulnerable and "went for a very different model ... based on social solidarity." There have been just 11 COVID-19 deaths.

After lengthy negotiations, Senate Republicans rolled out their plan for the next wave of coronavirus aid. Under it, supplemental unemployment payment would fall to $200 per week through September.