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In a speech before a joint meeting of Congress, the Catholic Church leader offered words threaded heavily with politics. For analysis, Renee Montagne speaks with NPR's Don Gonyea.

Republicans eager to blunt Donald Trump's front-runner status in the GOP presidential primary think they've found the issue that will finally sink the billionaire's White House hopes: eminent domain.

The pope spoke for 51 minutes before Congress and read his speech verbatim from prepared remarks. That is, except for one line he omitted about politics not being "a slave to the economy and finance."

After addressing a joint meeting of Congress and lunching with some 300 low-income and homeless people at Catholic Charities, the pontiff left for New York, the next stop on his U.S. tour.

A two-CD set featuring performers from the Lyric Stage of Irving, Texas, revives the complete score of the 1954 musical, The Golden Apple. Critic Lloyd Schwartz calls it a "game-changing" recording.

The first-ever Taco Bell to serve alcohol has opened in Chicago. We go and try the drinks, like the Twisted Mountain Dew Baja Blast Freeze With Tequila.

Many public school students get 15 minutes or less to eat. A study finds that kids who get less than 20 minutes for lunch end up eating less of everything on their tray.

President Obama is hosting Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a state dinner Friday. The menu features American favorites with "nuances of Chinese flavors." Ne-Yo, a part-Chinese R&B artist, will perform.

The name was chosen by first lady Michelle Obama and China's first lady, Madame Peng Liyuan. It was unveiled at a ceremony at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

The German automaker has been rocked by a scandal following its acknowledgment that it rigged diesel emissions tests on some 11 million vehicles worldwide.