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In a bleak Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh, Fayes Khamal has found a way to bring joy to other kids.

"The right whales are at a point where more are dying than are being born," biologist Clay George says. "That's just not sustainable long-term."

At the beginning of November, the six-member White House opioid commission delivered 56 recommendations to President Trump, for reigning in the nation's opioid crisis. On Thursday, the White House hosted a summit on opioids. Commission member Bertha Madras speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the progress she sees happening, or not, toward those 56 recommendations.

The National Weather Service, already understaffed, would lose at least 200 positions in the White House's proposed budget for fiscal year 2019.

President Trump has long believed other countries were taking advantage of the U.S. when it comes to trade. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Tim O'Brien, executive editor of Bloomberg View and author of Trump Nation, about the roots of Trump's views on trade.

The Senate is working on a rare bipartisan banking bill that would scale back parts of the Dodd-Frank regulations for smaller banks. But the bill has exposed divisions among Democrats over protecting former President Obama's legacy.

Inspired by Parkland students' activism following the deadly shooting at their high school last month, local residents are helping young demonstrators find lodging.

Rex Tillerson has been replaced as secretary of state. The president says he is nominating CIA Director Mike Pompeo. The surprise Cabinet change was announced on Twitter by President Trump.

While Democrats won control of the House, and Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate, a number of races remain too close to call.

As thousands of troops arrive to reinforce security at the U.S.-Mexico border, Arizona officials worry migrants will try to storm the border.