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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.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution, and John Phillips of The Orange Country Register, CNN, and KABC, about President Trump's vulgar comments and the state of immigration negotiations this week.

Back in the 19th century, Norwegians began coming to the United States in droves. And they were among the poorest of the poor.

On Thursday, President Trump described Haiti and most of Africa with a vulgar term. Here's why that shouldn't surprise you.

Victims' ages range from 3 to 89 years. As the search continues for four victims, emergency crews in Montecito, Calif., have turned off gas and power to further clear mud and debris.