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NPR's Ari Shaprio speaks with Taylor Eldridge, investigative reporter for The Marshall Project. The prison system change means that only care packages sent through private companies will be allowed.

"It is so fantastic to make music with people who have incredibly strong identities," cellist Yo-Yo Ma tells Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti.

The highest-level alert cites deadly violence and widespread crime. The frequency of attacks has "limited the U.S. government's ability to provide emergency services to citizens."

Prisoners advocates expressed optimism after a White House meeting with the president. But the bipartisan effort to overhaul the way criminals are punished has downsized its goals in the Trump era.

Fears that this winter would bring a nasty flu season appear to be coming true. Health officials say this year's season started early and it's hitting hard.

After days of negotiations, which ended with a 24-hour session, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her center-left counterparts said Friday they had reached a deal. Still, they have a lot more work to do.

Rachel Martin talks to Jeff Colyer, the lieutenant governor of Kansas, one of the states that supports the idea of implementing a requirement that Medicaid recipients get a job.

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about his state's proposal to impose a work or community engagement requirement on Medicaid recipients. The Trump administration recently opened the door for states to implement such policies.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Jason Johnson, professor of politics and journalism at Morgan State University and politics editor at The Root, about the President Trump's recent vlugar, disparaging comments about African countries.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with George Parker, political editor of The Financial Times, about the cancellation of President Trump's trip to London to open the new U.S. Embassy there.