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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch about critiques of former President Trump by the conservative editorial boards of The Wall Street Journal and the New York Post.

President Obama went to the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday for what appeared to be an attempt at some fence-mending, joining Senate Republicans for a private meeting. Afterward, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell called the session "spirited," and other GOP senators described sharp exchanges with the president.

Almost 40 million people in the U.S. lived in poverty last year, the first full year of the recession, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Some say the numbers are grimmer than expected — and that the news will only get worse.

Scientists working in Ethiopia have discovered what they say is the biggest trove of fossils yet from the earliest known human ancestor. Fossils include teeth that suggest a new, more sophisticated procreation strategy for the time: males exchanging food for sex.

The Mavs ManiAACs are a dance troupe made up of plus-size men who perform during Dallas Mavericks basketball games. In this week's StoryCorps, two members talk about how the group was founded.

Though many around the world revere him, Chinese officials regard the Dalai Lama as a separatist. But the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader says he is committed to the promotion of human value and religious harmony. He shared this and other views with NPR's Renee Montagne on Saturday.

Security is intense around the venue for the G-8 summit being held in Italy's earthquake-devastated city of L'Aquila. But the biggest fear of organizers is not violent protests by anti-global activists, but continuing aftershocks. And months after the powerful quake, reconstruction lags.

Colombians went to the polls Sunday to vote for their next president. The lead vote-getter was former defense minister Juan Manuel Santos, who's viewed as the political heir of the current president. But he failed to get the majority needed to prevent a runoff with Antanas Mockus -- an academic turned two-term mayor of Bogota.

If you're hanging out on Facebook, chances are good you're probably playing a game. A new poll says 20 percent of Americans -- 56.8 million people -- have played a game on a social network site in the last three months. When you shell out $30 to get a virtual dog out of a pound that doesn't really exist, who's the real winner?

The Dallas Mavericks advanced to the NBA's Western Conference semifinals for the first time in three years by downing San Antonio on Tuesday night. Orlando took the lead over Philadelphia in their first-round series. Boston knocked off Chicago 106-104 in overtime. And Portland topped Houston to force a Game 6 in that series.