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Kimbrely Brock sits on the steps of a friend's trailer that was destroyed by Hurricane Michael in Panama City, Fla., in October. President Trump holds a political rally in Panama City Wednesday.

As Hurricane Relief Stalls In D.C., Trump To Rally Base In Florida Panhandle

The president is holding a rally in Florida on Wednesday, as the 2020 campaign accelerates. Officials in the region are not happy that funding to help rebuild after Hurricane Michael has been held up.

Soccer Fans Are In Disbelief After Liverpool Beats Barcelona 4-0

Liverpool upset Barcelona to advance to the Champions League final. NPR's Noel King talks to Wright Thompson of ESPN The Magazine who says the soccer team "perfectly reflects" the city of Liverpool.

Amid Rising Tensions With Iran, Pompeo Visits Neighboring Iraq

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Brian Hook, a State Department adviser on Iran, about Secretary of State Pompeo's trip to Iraq, and what the U.S. has gained since pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal.

'The Pioneers' Dives Deep Into Lives Of Northwest Territory Settlers

Like David McCullough's other books, this one succeeds because of the author's strength as a storyteller; it reads like a novel and is packed with information drawn from painstaking research.

Uber and Lyft drivers in a number of U.S. cities were striking Wednesday, calling for higher wages and better working conditions as Uber prepares to go public on Friday. Its valuation may be as high as $91 billion.

Uber And Lyft Drivers Are Striking — And Call On Passengers To Boycott

Strike organizers timed the action to draw attention to drivers' wage cuts and persistent job insecurity ahead of Uber's IPO on Friday, when the company's valuation may be as high as $91 billion.

There's Room To Negotiate Congressional Subpoenas, Groves Says

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to White House spokesman Steven Groves about the administration instructing former employees not to testify before the Judiciary Committee. NPR's Mara Liasson weighs in.

Former Netflix Creative Director Takes Water To A New Level

The startup raised $1.6 million in seed funding to sell Liquid Death — water in a tallboy can. It sells itself as the punk option for bottled water drinkers, saying it will "murder your thirst."

North Korea's latest short-range missile, tested on May 4, looks similar to Russia's Iskander missile. North Korea describes it as a "tactical guided weapon."

North Korea's Newest Missile Appears Similar To Advanced Russian Design

Experts say the missile, tested on May 4 as part of a "strike drill," could be a new and destabilizing weapon on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea returned 55 boxes of presumed U.S. remains last summer, following a summit between President Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un. But that effort has now stalled, along with relations between the two countries.

Pentagon Idles Program To Recover Troops' Remains As North Korea Goes Silent

U.S. military officials say that after a second summit failed in February, their North Korean counterparts have stopped communicating.

Journalists Ervin Guth (left) and Ferenc Nimmerfroh work out of a small office in downtown Pecs, a city in southern Hungary. They and colleague Attila Babos started the independent news site Szabad Pecs (Free Pecs) after the local newspaper where they worked was purchased by a pro-government media company.

Outlets Strive For Independence In Hungary, Where Most Media Back The Government

A handful of news websites are struggling to change the narrative from the dominating, pro-government media conglomerate one analyst calls a "centralized propaganda machine."

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