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Egyptians have welcomed military rule with a massive display of joy. But many questions remain about what comes next — and there are strong doubts about whether military rule will lead to the demonstrators' ultimate goal: a credible transition to democracy.

The split between Obama and Republicans is nothing compared to the gap between GOP leaders and their Tea Party fueled rank and file. Top congressional leaders appear to have essentially painted themselves into a corner between Obama on one side and the just-say-no bloc of House Republicans on the other.

Syria's government has killed hundreds of protesters and jailed thousands of others in recent weeks. The decision to impose sanctions on Syria's president and other top leaders was the strongest U.S. response yet, but it's far from clear that it will do much to weaken Assad's grip on power.

From bootlegged whiskey to top-secret nuclear weapons information, Simon Henderson of Foreign Policy finds that North Korea plays a remarkably entrepreneurial role in international affairs for a Communist regime.

In a new biography called Her Again, author Michael Schulman says that at 14, Streep decided to reinvent herself — and before she was an Oscar winner, she was homecoming queen.

He was a child star, an international icon, a running late-night talk show joke. But in his prime, his overbearing talent and ambition made him a musical genius. He was 50 years old when he died.

The White House's top lawyer said Friday that Trump "is inclined to declassify" the countermemo but it "contains numerous properly classified and especially sensitive passages" so he cannot right now.

Leaders in Congress and elsewhere in D.C., including top DOJ officials, want to start taking concrete steps to defend the 2018 elections from another foreign attack. But it's a big, broad challenge.

Gen. David Petraeus, nominated to lead U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, told the Senate Armed Services Committee he supports President Obama's exit strategy but noted that he would recommend delaying a large-scale withdrawal if security conditions are untenable. Obama has called for drawing down troops starting in July 2011.

As of now, there's no frontrunner for Song of the Summer. Ann Powers, NPR Music's critic and correspondent, talks to NPR's Lynn Neary about the open field and some songs that shouldn't be overlooked.