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This weekend's coalition missile strike on Syria came during a particularly difficult period for the Trump administration as the president reacted to many political scandals.

Prisons are already understaffed, but employees there are considered essential and must work without pay as the federal government shutdown continues.

Both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have been talking a lot about guns recently. But how much will that issue matter with voters in November?

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Sylvain Bourmeau about the guilty verdict issued against French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is now barred from running for political office for five years.

President Obama, at a memorial service in Newtown, Ct., Sunday night, talked about using the power of his office to try to prevent more shooting tragedies. Do advocates of banning assault weapons have a chance of succeeding this time around?

Donna Brazile managed the Gore-Lieberman campaign in 2000. She's written a new memoir about her years in politics, Cooking With Grease: Stirring the Pots in American Politics. Brazile is currently chair of the Democratic National Committee's Voting Rights Institute and an adjunct professor at Georgetown University. She is also a political commentator on CNN's Inside Politics.

We look at the latest strong economic numbers and the effect tariffs may have on the president's base.

WEEKEND EDITION WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT DANIEL SCHORR TALKS WITH SUSAN YOACHUM, POLITICAL EDITOR OF THE SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, AND MERLE BLACK, PROFESSOR OF POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT AT EMORY UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA, ABOUT THE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE IN THE WEEK OF THE PRESIDENT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, AND PASSAGE IN THE HOUSE OF THE BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Nicholas Carnes is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at Duke University and author of "White-Collar Government: The Hidden Role of Class in Economic…