Leila Fadel

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Rod West, group president of Entergy utility operations, which provides power to New Orleans and throughout Louisiana. He discusses the city's power outages.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Dr. John Heaton, president and chief medical officer of LCMC Health, about the state of the system's hospitals post-Hurricane Ida.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Washington Post's Afghanistan bureau chief Susannah George about Sunday's drone strike that killed a civilian family, including several children.

The U.S. pledges to continue evacuations, despite an attack in Kabul. For President Biden, the attack is a major test of his Afghan strategy. The Supreme Court strikes down an eviction moratorium.

Pakistan's neighbor has long been associated with the Taliban. The group controls most Afghan territory after decades of war with the U.S. Afghan refugees are trying to cross into Pakistan.

Thursday's attack in the Afghan capital Kabul killed dozens of people. What does the attack mean for the U.S. evacuation efforts in the Afghan capital, and for U.S. national security?

Americans outside the gates of Kabul airport are warned to leave. Eleven days after an earthquake, aid reaches Haiti's rural areas. Israel's new prime minister meets with President Biden Thursday.

The company said that when study participants were given a second jab after six months, their antibody levels were nine times higher than they were 28 days after a first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

The visit was aimed at showing the Biden administration's commitment to a region which was largely ignored by ex-President Trump. It's also aimed at countering China's growing influence in the region.

The high court dealt a blow to the White House's efforts to cancel a Trump-era immigration program. Immigration advocates said it is a dangerous policy for thousands seeking humanitarian aid.

The approval of the budget resolution follows an impasse between House leaders and centrist Democrats that threatened to derail progress on the vast majority of President Biden's domestic agenda.

Biden says Aug. 31 remains the deadline for the U.S. to leave Afghanistan. The Supreme Court orders the "Remain in Mexico" policy reinstated for asylum-seekers. A Democratic budget stalemate ends.

It has been 90 days since President Biden ordered a review into the origins of COVID-19. Many scientists believe it likely came from nature, others say it may have leaked from a lab in China.

Afghan refugees are being flown for processing in Bahrain, Germany and Qatar. Moderate Democrats threaten to withhold their vote on the budget. Biden gets an update on how COVID-19 may have began.

There's been a firefight at the northern gate at the airport in the Afghan capital Kabul. President Biden insists evacuations are picking up speed. New COVID-19 cases hit a high on Friday.

A tropical storm hitting the Northeast has weakened into a tropical depression. The storm unleashed downpours over a region already saturated by heavy rain.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo marks his final day in office on Monday. Cuomo resigned after a sexual harassment scandal and will be replaced by Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul.

The current COVID-19 surge shows few signs of abating. New coronavirus cases keep rising as hospitals remain crowded and even overrun.

The Tokyo Olympics have officially ended. It was one of the strangest Olympics ever with most venues completely empty of fans during the pandemic.

Sunday marks the end of the Tokyo Olympics. Like the beginning, organizers planned a celebratory but subdued closing ceremony of a Games that battled through the pandemic and limited local enthusiasm.