INSKEEP: I always admired him ... things and holding on to the one important one, which was destroying Robert E. Lee's army. RUBENSTEIN: Alright, so the war goes on for four years.

Labor unions say the Trump administration is using "arbitrary and capricious" orders in an illegal attempt to reshape the federal workforce. Georgetown professor David Super explains what that means.

Author Marc Dunkelman discusses how progressive policies have stifled the government's ability to carry out big ...

Medical researchers at the National Institutes of Health say the early actions by the new Trump administration are harming their research.

INSKEEP: Rob, I'm just going to note the administration's leadership for health is not yet in place, although he's nominated two critics of the NIH. STEIN: Yeah, that's absolutely right.

Inskeep: But isn't this good in a country with ... And we've swung from one extreme where folks like Robert Moses could do almost whatever they wanted without anybody being able to say anything ...

There's widespread confusion and fear among scientists and doctors on the sprawling National Institutes of Health campus and ...

INSKEEP: Donnelly making that statement after ... (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ROBERT ISOM: We're absolutely heartbroken for the family and loved ones of the passengers and crew members ...

(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) ROBERT ISOM: They collided with a military ... had a lot of ice in it. INSKEEP: Now, the way that Isom phrases that suggests that he believes the American ...