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NPR's Steve Inskeep, discussing his book Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity and Helped Cause the Civil War, touches on parallels to U.S. politics in 2020.

Donald Trump last week shook up his campaign staff. What's in store this week? David Greene talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, and Washington Post reporter Robert Costa.

Steve Inskeep talks to Stephen Moore, a Heritage Foundation fellow, about the way forward on the GOP's tax overhaul plan. He's also a former senior economic adviser to the Trump presidential campaign.

Republican lawmakers are fielding critical questions on the economy. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer may face backlash for the short-term spending bill passed by the Senate Friday afternoon.

The Smithsonian has issued a statement supporting Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch following President Trump's claim that he fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery.

The first lady speaks Monday night at her third Democratic National Convention. Her popular image is a transformation from how she was first introduced to the country eight years ago.

Robert Siegel talks to Chris Nuttal (NUT-all) in Ankara (AHN-ka-ra), Turkey about the prospects for the Islamist Welfare Party, which the country's president has given a mandate to form a government. Welfare leader Necmettin Erbakan (NEDG-met-een UR-ba-kan) has said he would try to return the state to Islamic principles, a stance that goes against the secular nature of the modern Turkish state. The test for the Welfare Party will be whether it can establish a coalition with other parties to maintain its power.

Due South explores shifting partisanship – from party registration to how migration patterns have considerably altered what were long considered norms. Plus, the politics of sales tax with municipal elections already underway.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with David Brooks of The New York Times and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post, about the politics of impeachment in the future.

Fallout continues after the rape and murder of a female doctor in Kolkata, as rivals demand the resignation of India's only female chief minister.