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Dr. Anne Zink works from a yurt 40 miles north of Anchorage. She has the ear of the Republican governor and has helped keep the state's number of COVID-19 deaths the lowest in the nation.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalist Bob Woodward about his book Rage, which has made news for revelations about President Trump, and the controversy around it.

Trump says a COVID-19 vaccine could be ready by the end of 2020. At the same time, the top communications official at Health and Human Services is going on leave after comments he made on Facebook.

Nancy Beck is the Trump administration's nominee to lead the Consumer Product Safety Commission for a seven-year term. Many scientists and public health experts warn she is a dangerous choice.

NPR correspondent Pam Fessler, author of Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice, talks about her research into this once feared disease — and its connection to COVID-19.

President Trump has said he believes many states could begin to re-open even before the federal guidelines for social distancing and mitigation expire on May 1.

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer are among those thought to be on Joe Biden's vice presidential shortlist.

The Republican candidate, Secretary of State Brian Kemp, is the state's top election official. He's been criticized for not doing enough to secure Georgia's voting systems.

The Biden administration is expected to be sued over its ban on new oil and gas leasing on federal land. In top fossil fuel states like Wyoming, cuts to services and mass layoffs were already looming.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to Republican Rep. Jason Smith of Missouri about the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Smith opposes the bill, which the House is expected to vote on Wednesday.