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Host Melissa Block talks with NPR's Claudio Sanchez about Tuesday's unanimous vote to reinstate University of Virginia president Teresa Sullivan. The university campus has been in an uproar since members of the university's board of visitors forced Sullivan out in a behind-the-scenes maneuver. Virginia's governor ordered the board to hold a formal vote on whether Sullivan should stay.

On Monday the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a provision of the Arizona immigration law known as "show me your papers." The law instructs law enforcement officers to question the immigration status of people stopped for other reasons that are suspected of being in the state illegally. For a look at how this is being implemented, All Things Considered host Audie Cornish speaks with Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor.

The Trump administration launched military strikes in Syria to "eliminate" Islamic State group fighters in retaliation for an attack that killed two U.S. troops and an American interpreter a week ago.

AFP's Dylan Collins was among journalists injured in an Israeli attack on Lebanon in 2023. The attack killed Reuters' Issam Abdallah. Collins was in Washington this month to press for accountability.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud is visiting the White House. Greeted with military planes and a procession, he and Trump were friendly with each other as they spoke to reporters in the Oval Office.

After warning Americans to get out of Ukraine, President Biden gives his latest remarks about whether Russia plans to invade.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Russian journalist Vladimir Pozner about the feeling in his country over the Russia-Ukraine tensions.

Dr. Mihir Chaudhary, an American trauma surgeon, treated Palestinian detainees recently released by Israel. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to him about his time in Gaza.

New sanctions on Russian oil giants show President Trump's frustration with President Putin as his peace effort falters.

A bipartisan congressional delegation traveled to Denmark to try to deescalate rising tensions. Just as they were finishing, President Trump announced new tariffs on the country until it agrees to his plan of acquiring Greenland.