Dale Willman

I wouldn't say it went well or badly.

It was a phone call.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has asked the country's president for a pardon.

Netanyahu is facing charges of fraud, breach of trust, and accepting bribes.

Empire's Daniel Estrin explains just what's at stake.

Opposition leaders are opposing a pardon without an admission of guilt and a withdrawal from political life.

President Trump's MAGA movement has been rattled by internal conflicts in recent months.

The rifts raise questions about the future of the Republican Party after Trump, around whom the GOP has reshaped itself.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben has more.

Hundreds of federal border agents are now expected to start a months-long crackdown Monday in New Orleans.

It's the latest such operation by the Trump administration.

It's aimed at targeting a Democratic-run city.

The operation is being called Swamp Sweep, and officials say they want to make at least 5,000 arrests while it's underway.

Some residents have been attending rights-related workshops ahead of the operation.

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A painting by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens sold this weekend for almost $3 million at an auction in France.

But perhaps more interesting is the fact that the work had been missing for more than 400 years before it was found inside a Paris home.

Rebecca Russman has more on our story.

The Ohio State Buckeyes remain at number one in the AP College football rankings.

It's their 13th week in a row on top.