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New portraits of former president Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama were unveiled Monday. NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the artist who painted the former first lady's portrait.

The FBI director laid out a timeline for the background check investigation of former White House staff secretary Rob Porter that conflicts with what President Trump's staff has said. Porter resigned amid allegations of domestic violence.

NPR's senior management and board members faced skepticism as they sought to rebuild trust with the network's workforce. Some comments appear to have stoked fresh anger from staffers.

The current deputy director of the CIA is well-respected by intelligence professionals, but she is tied inextricably with the agency's dark chapters involving torture.

The man hoping to help lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, is a former lobbyist for coal and natural gas companies. As a young EPA lawyer, he worked on hazardous chemical rules.

Rachel Martin talks to Michael Hayden, a former CIA director and ex-National Security Agency director, about Trump's pick for CIA director, Gina Haspel, and about outgoing director Mike Pompeo.

Immigrant advocates across the country are accusing federal immigration authorities of using deportation as a tool to silence activists. Federal lawsuits have identified 16 undocumented immigrant leaders who have been arrested nationwide.

Leah Penniman's new book teaches farming to address issues such as racism, health disparities and food access. She also traces some farming technologies back to their widely unknown African roots.

The president says business deals and shared security interests with the Saudis — and not the death of Jamal Khashoggi — will set the tone for the relationship. "We're with Saudi Arabia," Trump said.

According to the government's most comprehensive assessment to date, climate change has already damaged American infrastructure and cost both money and lives.