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The president is back in Washington, D.C., after spending the holidays in Palm Beach. What are the top items on his agenda for the new year? NPR's political editor has ideas on what to watch.

The World Bank looked at economic data from around the globe to see where the gap between the rich and the poor is the greatest.

Germany's famous Max Planck Society has opened a brain research institute in Jupiter, Fla. It's another move in the international competition to attract the best brain researchers.

A House GOP-passed resolution directs the Homeland Security and Judiciary panels to examine evidence of wrongdoing related to the president's immigration policies. The White House called it a stunt.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve of Chicago, about the pause in interest rates and his economic outlook.

Ukraine has been talking for weeks about a counteroffensive against Russian forces in the southern city of Kherson. Without saying so explicitly, Ukrainian attacks suggested an operation is underway.

An unusual videogame called Cult of the Lamb was recently released for several gaming platforms. It flew to the top of the sales charts, and seems to be developing a cult following of its own.

Gubernatorial races in Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi are heating up. It could be a chance for Democrats to get a foothold in these states with Republican supermajorities.

House Rep. Adam Schiff updated NPR correspondents about the state of the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into President Trump's potential connections to Russia's meddling in the 2016 presidential campaign. Schiff has called for the committee's chairman to recuse himself from the process.

Numerous Republicans missed the vote, including Oklahoma’s Markwayne Mullin.