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With Beyoncé on top Billboard's Hot Country Songs chart, NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Francesca Royster, author of Black Country Music, about the history of Black women in country music.

President Trump made energy a top priority on his first day in office, declaring a national emergency – which no president has ever done before. The implications aren't clear.

Trump made the announcement after a day of talks with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy and a delegation of top European officials. He said he'd meet with the two leaders afterward, but did not say when.

The federal government is close to a shutdown. President Trump met Monday with top Congressional leaders from both parties in the Oval Office, which ended with both sides dug in.

George O'Connor has turned the legends of Greek gods into best-selling graphic novels for kids. The Olympians series is faithful to the ancient myths where gender and sex fluidity was embraced.

Checkpoints have sprung up across Ukraine since Russia's invasion. Men at a checkpoint near Lviv have Molotov cocktails ready. Even hundreds of miles from the battles, the war hangs over everything.

The FBI this week may release some of the evidence against Bruce Ivins, a U.S. government researcher who was under investigation for the anthrax attacks of 2001. He killed himself last week. Investigators have told NPR they were still several major legal steps away from an indictment.

Disputes over immigration and food stamps doomed the measure. Every Democrat and 30 Republicans voted against the bill.

Volcker took the top job at the Federal Reserve in 1979, at a time when inflation was spiraling out of control. He is credited with taming it.

Transportation in and out of the city of 11 million is being shut down as cases of the coronavirus are being reported throughout China and abroad. Wuhan is believed to be the contagion's epicenter.