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NPR correspondents recap how funding cuts, layoffs and leadership and policy changes in the second Trump administration are affecting the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services.

Medicaid is doing a novel payment system for the new, promising and expensive sickle cell treatment. It may become a model for all gene therapies being developed.

Hearings for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet nominees begin on Tuesday and ramp up on Wednesday. Here's what to look for.

Following the meeting between President Trump and his Chinese counterpart, NPR's Leila Fadel asks former U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns about Trump's relationship with Beijing.

A highly-anticipated meeting between president Trump and Xi Jinping leads to a pause - but not an end - to trade and tech competition issues.

Rare earths aren't all that rare. The real choke point is in processing and refining them, where China enjoys market dominance.

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has said China is funding climate lawsuits against American oil and gas companies to weaken the U.S. He hasn't provided evidence to support the claim.

Chinese and U.S. officials say they've agreed on a framework for dealing with the thorny issue of TikTok's ownership. The leaders of both countries are slated to talk about it Friday.

The three most-senior cardinals leading U.S. archdioceses issued the rebuke in a joint statement on Monday, saying recent policies have thrown America's "moral role in confronting evil" into question.

President Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in Korea. Here's what's at stake.