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The decision was made over urgent objections from some of the administration's own health and child welfare officials; experts say the government is trying to prevent access to abortion.

In this series, NPR takes readers and listeners inside NPR and explains how we do our journalism. Here, Isabella Gomez Sarmiento and Anastasia Tsioulcas tell us what it was like to cover a major celebrity criminal trial, for this week's Reporter's Notebook. Covering the spectacle and complexity of the Sean Combs trial required both modern and old-school reporting techniques.

The British reality TV show Celebrity Big Brother is under fire. Contestants allegedly directed racist taunts at a Bollywood star who appeared on the program.

Nguyen and his family fled their village in South Vietnam in 1975. Now his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has been adapted into a series on HBO and MAX. Originally broadcast in 2016.

Tributes have cascaded in since Sidney Poitier died. And so they should have. He was an unparalleled actor, a committed activist, and a beloved family member. He was also, frankly, a heartthrob.

Tom Cruise's films have grossed more than $5 billion worldwide. But is he overexposed? Surely you've heard of the baby and his odd antics on Oprah's couch. How will such publicity affect Friday's opening of Mission Impossible III?

In the lineage of jazz, Miles Davis, born 100 years ago, presents something of a paradox: He looms as large as anyone, but he means many things to many people.

As Saddam Hussein's trial resumes, commentator Melissa Waters describes what she calls "The Great Iraqi Walkout." She has seen it many times in her job training Iraqi judges and lawyers. Waters says the Great Iraqi Walkout looks like chaos to Americans -- but in fact, it's the way many Iraqis defuse tension.

Following arguments in two cases that challenge a University of Michigan policy that considers race in admissions, the Supreme Court appears evenly split on the issue. Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who signals she believes race can be one of many factors used in choosing among many qualified applicants, is viewed as the decisive swing vote. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Rising U.S. casualties, confusion about U.S. efforts to end violence in places such as Fallujah, and allegations of Iraqi prisoner abuse have many questioning the viability of U.S. policy on Iraq. Many blame the lack of a clear chain of command for the chaos. Some analysts say U.S. goals for Iraq are no longer attainable. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster.