China launched major military drills around Taiwan on Tuesday, simulating attacks and maritime blockades, in what Beijing ...

Israel is ramping up its military campaign in Gaza, as it presents a new ceasefire proposal with Hamas. Daniel Estrin is NPR's international correspondent in Jerusalem.

After a leadership shakeup at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a look at what's ahead for the giant firms and how the changes could affect mortgage affordability.

U.S. humanitarian relief teams are usually among the first to respond to major disasters. But Friday's deadly earthquake in Myanmar came as the Trump administration fired USAID's remaining employees.

A federal judge on Monday paused plans by the Trump administration to end temporary legal protections for hundreds of ...

With the abrupt shutdown of USAID funding, many clinics, including those serving women in remote areas, have shuttered.

Flawed deportation 'checklist' targets Venezuelans using tattoos as one gang identifier. But experts say Tren de Aragua doesn ...

NPR animator and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Victoria Woodhull, who wrote a letter to the New York Herald in ...

The staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Services was placed on administrative leave this morning, following a ...

Jenkins, now on Broadway under the direction of longtime actress Phylicia Rashad, explores the generational conflicts in the civil rights movement.

NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.

Wisconsin voters decide on the state's next Supreme Court justice, and with it, the possibility of issues like abortion, voting and union rights. It's the most expensive court race in U.S. history.