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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, is laying off thousands of employees. The cuts are the first major workforce reduction there since the company was founded 18 years ago.

Iowa legislative session ends, Texas school shooting response, Iowa COVID-19 update, and more

Residents of Mexico Beach, where Hurricane Michael made landfall, say the devastation is overwhelming — few structures remain standing. Nearby areas also are without power and cellphone service.

Darian Woods is a co-host of The Indicator from Planet Money.

President Trump has more than 130 vacancies to fill on the federal bench, and he is beginning the process somewhat haphazardly.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Ed Vaizey, one of the 21 Conservative Party members who rebelled against Prime Minister Boris Johnson to prevent him from taking a no-deal Brexit.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who sits on the Armed Services Committee, about the shakeup at the Pentagon and tensions with Iran.

David Greene talks to Paul Rosenzweig about the letter he signed with other ex-federal prosecutors saying President Trump should be charged with a crime for trying to block the special counsel probe.

The State of the Union tradition of inviting extraordinary Americans to sit with the first lady began under Ronald Reagan in 1982. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gerhard Peters, co-director of the American Presidency Project at the University of California — Santa Barbara, who is also a political science professor at Citrus College, about the tradition.

Bill Kurtis reads three news-related limericks: Badder Batter, Stoop To Fitness and Sea Sparkle.