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The Trump administration wants to turn a historic public golf course into championship links. Despite a judge's order, hundreds of trees were cut down to make way for the renovation.

A large underwater wave moved up the West Coast, raising sea levels. Scientists say it's driven by El Niño and it's going to happen again.

Protesters in Arizona are decrying the removal of 250-year-old cottonwood trees for border wall expansion. This after a judge temporarily halted it in and near Big Bend National Park in Texas.

President Trump continues his efforts to remake Washington, D.C. He wants to turn an area used by the public into a world-class golf course.

President Trump heads to Kansas to campaign for Republican candidates Monday but farmers disgruntled by White House policies may help flip a U.S. Senate seat that Republicans have held for almost a century.

Screenwriter Zoe Kazan talks about her adaptation of John Steinbeck's 1952 novel – a sprawling multigenerational epic that explores the nature of good and evil - streaming now on Netflix.

The U.S. has no law guaranteeing paid parental leave. But in states with their own programs, more dads are using the benefit to bond with their new children, exceeding moms in some states.

NPR's Joel Rose talks with Oregon Governor Tina Kotek about the shooting at Silver Rail Elementary in Bend, Oregon.

Iowa Public Radio's Natalie Krebs reports on how Iowa - a state that reliably votes Republican for president - has some competitive races for Republicans in November, which could help determine the balance of power in Congress.

NPR's Joel Rose and Rachel Treisman met at East Potomac Golf Links, a golf course that President Trump has ambitions to transform, to discuss the president's widening stamp on D.C. landmarks.