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Ihor Brusylo, deputy head of Ukraine's President's Office, tells NPR Trump is a "peacemaker and dealmaker," while expressing hope the U.S. continues to provide aid to Ukraine.

The new top two leaders at the FBI are Trump loyalists with no prior experience at the bureau. NPR asks retired FBI special agent Thomas J. Baker for his impressions of Kash Patel and Dan Bongino.

The overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria paved the way for a historic visit, with Syrian Jews returning from the U.S. to Damascus for the first time in three decades, hoping to rebuild community.

Thousands of Jews left Syria in 1992, when they were allowed to emigrate. The visit by a small delegation of U.S.-based Syrian Jewish religious figures last week was their first time back since then.

Kendrick Lamar won his rap war with Drake last year by just about any measure, but this week, Drake got a small measure of revenge when his new album, $ome $exy $ongs 4 U, knocks Lamar out of the No. 1 spot on the Billboard charts.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Aaron Lehman, a fifth-generation farmer who is president of the Iowa Farmers Union, about anticipated cuts to Department of Agriculture programs.

Singer Roberta Flack died yesterday at the age of 88. She won two Record of the Year Grammys in a row in the 1970's with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and "Killing Me Softly with His Song."

Party City, the retail chain that dressed America in scary masks and dramatic capes, is closing hundreds of stores as soon as this week.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has sold his brand of politics as conservatism. But what's really happening there is corruption benefitting oligarchs, says David Pressman, former U.S. ambassador to Hungary.

The U.N. General Assembly adopted a resolution Monday condemning Russian aggression and calling for the immediate withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine. The U.S. joined Russia in opposing it.