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Senate lawmakers are working to forge a compromise on President Obama's economic stimulus plan. Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee talks about what GOP lawmakers want to make the measure more palatable.

Maya is the third full-length album by M.I.A., and it rattles with hard-edged and well-produced beats and electronica. Reviewer Oliver Wang says that even if it's not her best work, the record still offers reminders of why M.I.A. is one of the most compelling and unusual artists in pop today.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with the NYTimes Taylor Lorenz about the role of social media influencers and their endorsements on political campaigns.

More than two years into Russia's war on Ukraine, we take a look at how it's reshaped NATO. NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Jack Detsch, a national security correspondent for Foreign Policy.

Kamala Harris used her prime-time speech to introduce herself and excoriate President Trump. Former President Barack Obama launched a rare attack on his successor. And Democrats urged people to vote.

Florida's governor signed a bill that bans instruction dealing with sexual orientation kindergarten through third grade. Dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by critics, it was ridiculed at the Oscars.

Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Mark Patrick Taylor of the Environmental Protection Authority of Victoria, Australia, about why he thinks everyone should remove their shoes before coming inside.

This game lacked some of the hard-hitting exchanges of the first, with several analysts agreeing that in Round 2, Lee Sedol took a more cautious approach while AlphaGo showed more creativity.

Listener Daniel Rochberg of Washington, D.C., plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

It’s hard to imagine a carbon neutral world without considering airplanes. Commercial aviation contributes about 2.5% of annual global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use. But, as KOTO’s Matt Hoisch explains, some airports are starting to find ways to bring down that number.