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Justice Stephen Breyer announced his retirement Thursday. President Biden says he hasn't decided who will fill the vacancy, but says he will keep his promise to name a Black woman to the bench.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Douglas Ollivant, former director for Iraq at the National Security Council, about the regional security implications of Trump withdrawing U.S. troops from northern Syria.

Melissa Block talks to Bennett Roth of the Houston Chronicle about Texas State Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen. Roth is working on a profile of Owen. She is "an exceptional jurist," according to one former colleague. But a group opposed to her nomination to the federal bench calls Owen "an extremist jurist even by Texas standards."

As protests intensify in Iran over the arrest and death in custody of a 22-year-old woman, the country's top diplomat promises an investigation into what happened but downplays the demonstrations.

To make up some ground in the Georgia race for governor, Stacey Abrams is hoping to harness any energy around abortion rights by pointing to success on the issue in Kansas and appealing to emotions.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Barbara McQuade, professor at University of Michigan Law School and a former U.S. attorney, about the unsealing of former President Donald Trump's search warrant.

Morning Edition's new project, Cook Your Cupboard, invites cooks to send in photos of food items they aren't sure how to use. In our first installment, NPR listener Marcy Misner has beans, vinegar and almond milk, and food writer Nigella Lawson gives her some guidance on where to go from there.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with author Sathnam Sanghera about his book "Empireland," which explores how Britain's imperialist history has shaped the country — and world — today.

President Obama is expected to work around Congress more this year. One of the things he will do is issue an executive order to raise the minimum wage for federal contract workers. Steve Inskeep talks to presidential adviser John Podesta about Obama's State of the Union address Tuesday night.

Cross-border trade between Colombia and Venezuela has slowly opened up after the countries reengaged following years of bad relations.