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Target is scaling back its DEI efforts, which has prompted calls for a boycott. But Black business owners who sell at Target warn a boycott could hurt their business.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives in Washington for talks with President Trump, as negotiations on the second phase of the Gaza ceasefire are supposedly due to begin.

Can the president freeze funds already promised by Congress? NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Gillian Metzger, legal scholar at Columbia University, about President Trump testing the limits of his power.

As President Trump seeks to remake the federal government and push the limits of executive power, nearly all of the programs funded by USAID have been halted.

Nearly all USAID programs halted, Secretary of State Marco Rubio visits Panama, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits D.C., and a look at the safety of marijuana products in the U.S.

Democratic lawmakers are voicing outrage over Trump's effort to gut USAID. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with development expert George Ingram about the scrutiny USAID has faced over the years.

Robell Awake is a chairmaker and scholar based in Atlanta, Georgia. He speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book, "A Short History of Black Craft in Ten Objects."

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut about the power of Congress to act as a check on the president.

Updated February 04, 2025 at 11:47 AM ET The Republican majority in Congress is largely standing by as President Trump and his allies attempt to expand the power of the presidency.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., speaks during the Senate Democrat policy luncheon news conference at the Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington.