Morning Edition

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with historian Beverly Gage about her biography of J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI's history of civilian surveillance.

The rapid advance by rebel fighters in Syria seemed to come out of nowhere. Yet this development is linked to a series of combustible events in the Middle East over the past year.

Brain rot describes overconsuming low quality social media content. Casper Grathwohl of Oxford University Languages discusses how brain rot was selected.

Protestors in Georgia want new elections as the government says it's suspending European Union membership talks.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Eliot Cohen of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about Ukraine's strategies preceding President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House.

Silvia Pinal, the "last great diva" of Mexican cinema, has died. There is disagreement over whether she was 93 or 94 years old.

There is a historic opera house in the Amazon that is a destination for some famous singers, musicians and local fans.

President-elect Donald Trump flipped the blue city of Dearborn, Mich., with a promise to end the wars in the Middle East. As his administration begins to take shape, some residents are concerned.

The Ryan White program serves about half a million people with HIV, and 90% of them are successfully keeping the virus at undetectable levels. But will Republicans cut funding for the effort?

As the transition to a new administration approaches, what is the likely impact on a decidedly nervous State Department?