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An Idaho inmate sued the state to receive sex reassignment surgery and won. If she prevails in federal appeals court, she'll become the first inmate to receive the surgery through court order.

The reward? A keg party. It took only 42 minutes for the van to be found. Maybe the reward helped. Maybe it was the giant company logo that's painted on the side of the van.

Alabama's governor has signed a bill which introduces a near-total ban on abortions in the state. NPR's David Greene speaks with Kristan Hawkins, the president of Students for Life of America.

Same-sex marriage seemed impossible until the first couples were married in Massachusetts 15 years ago this week. Now it is the law of the land, but not everyone wants it to stay that way.

Fire investigators say electrical transmission lines owned and operated by utility giant Pacific Gas and Electric caused last fall's Camp Fire — the deadliest wildfire in California history.

President Trump will announce the new immigration proposal on Thursday. It would keep legal immigration levels the same but dramatically change who would be let in.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's Kathy Kraninger says the department is getting in the way of efforts to police the student loan industry. The revelation comes in a letter obtained by NPR.

The former media mogul was convicted of fraud in 2007 and served more than 3 years in prison. Black says Trump told him he was reversing an unjust verdict, not rewarding him for his support.

New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker talks about his rationale for running for president in an interview with the NPR Politics Podcast. It's part of a series with New Hampshire Public Radio and Iowa Public Radio.

Audie Cornish talks with Vali Nasr, Dean of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, who says tensions between the U.S. and Iran were manufactured by the Trump administration.