The issue started in December when the Republican-led Michigan House Appropriations Committee, by itself, tried to cancel around $650 million in earmarked funds, claiming it was unspent money from a previous state budget and should be reallocated to the general fund.

The Silver Branch Vegetation Management Project would cover about 200 square miles on the eastern side of the Ottawa National Forest.

A group of Michigan elected officials and leaders heard from community members who say state and local government needs to protect immigrant rights and safety.

Fighting intensified in the Middle East during the Olympic truce, in effect through March 15. Flights are being disrupted as athletes and families converge on Italy for the Winter Paralympics.

She was thrilled to become the first teacher from a government-sponsored school in India to get a Fulbright exchange award to learn from U.S. schools. People asked two questions that clouded her joy.

The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis intersect punk and jazz on their second collaborative effort as a quartet, "Deface the Currency."

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WXXI listener Jonathan Black and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The deaths of three U.S. servicemen mark the first American casualties since the start of operation "Epic Fury" on Saturday.

The Iranian government has announced 40 days of mourning. The country's supreme leader was killed following an attack launched by the U.S. and Israel on Saturday against Iran.

Iran fired missiles at targets in Israel and Gulf Arab states Sunday after vowing massive retaliation for the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei by the United States and Israel.

What are people in Iran saying about today's attacks by the U.S. and Israel? We hear from people on the ground who experienced the event as it unfolded.

NPR's Emily Kwong speaks to House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), who is still calling for a vote on a war powers resolution following a wave of U.S.- and Israel-led airstrikes on Iran.

Robert Harward is a former U.S. Navy Seal who grew up in Iran and led operations in the region. He speaks with host Mary Louise Kelly about this moment and what it means.