In July, National Public Radio’s CEO cried and hollered, claiming her organization could not possibly survive without government funding. This week, however, the same news organization claimed that on ...

President Trump is bucking tradition and legal precedent in pushing to deploy the National Guard to Democratic-led cities such as Portland, Ore., and Chicago due to what he says is rampant crime and ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. "What do you think would look better: pink or green?" The bubblegum ...

October 14, 2025; Washington, D.C. – On October 18, NPR will launch Books We've Loved, a new limited series from the team that produces NPR's Book of the Day podcast. This series invites listeners to ...

Gold has broken yet another record this week, illustrating just how anxious investors are about the health of the U.S. economy. This week, the price of gold hit $4,000 per ounce for the first time ...

In 2024, the researcher at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was one of the first scientists in the country to realize something new was happening: "I was going through [reports] ...

A Christian pastor and father of U.S. citizens along with dozens of church staff and members have been arrested in China amid a crackdown, his daughter and the church say. Ezra Jin, founder and pastor ...

There are brewing legal fights against the Trump administration for language it's posting on federal websites and in government emails blaming the Democrats for the government shutdown. The ...

A cartographer, a composer, an archaeologist, a neurobiologist and an astrophysicist are among this year's MacArthur Fellows, one of the most prestigious cash awards given to "extraordinarily talented ...

Number of Israel-Hamas ceasefires in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023 ...

There are countless videos on social media showing similar scenes. One, filmed by a photographer in Hyattsville, Md., shows a man pinned to the ground by two ICE officers. He pleads in Spanish and ...

After two years of war between Israel and Hamas, a ceasefire largely continues to hold. The initial phase of the ceasefire plan brokered by President Trump saw Israeli forces pulling back to ...