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President Trump is changing how the government hires and fires workers. His critics warn he's politicizing the workforce, with negative cons...

The Taliban bans chess, saying it's anti-Islamic. Islam has long had a vexed relationship with chess, although Muslims historically helped s...

Sophie and Colin Hortman remember their parents, Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and Mark Hortman, as "the bright lights at the center of our...

The suspect in the killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband texted, "Dad went to war last night,' evoking the language of the far rig...

There's a specific kind of math that could determine just how much longer the war can go — how many long-range missiles Iran has versus how...

Journalists who have risked their freedom to report for Voice of America and its sister news outlets wonder what happens to them now that th...

The watchdog group American Oversight had asked a federal judge to order top national security officials to preserve any messages they may h...

European diplomats are working to revive nuclear negotiations with Iran to find a peaceful end to a war that President Trump has said the U....

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with LA Times reporter Daniel Miller about the indictment of seven people in what prosecutors are calling "the large...

As Israel and Iran continue missile attacks against one another, we look at how countries in the Middle East are viewing the conflict. Wheth...

For many Americans, high humidity will make it feel in the triple digits. The National Weather Service is urging people to prepare to protec...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dave Deptula about the military planning underway in the U.S. amid the Israel-...

Trump's Truth Social comments came as a federal judge granted a preliminary injunction that would continue blocking the president's efforts...

The Trump administration is slashing jobs at Voice of America's parent agency by 85%. Journalists who have risked their freedom to report fo...

Khalil will be released on bail while his case challenging his deportation orders plays out in the courts. (Image credit: Ted Shaffrey)

Children from Gaza with cancer are finally making it to Jordan for long-promised treatment. But a plan to allow as many as 2,000 patients ou...

Republicans want to change or reduce key social safety net programs that provide healthcare, food benefits and financial assistance for mill...

Trump can maintain control over California's National Guard troops in LA after a federal appeals court ruling. And, the president says he'll...

The scheduled talks mark the first face-to-face meeting between Tehran and Western leaders since the start of Israel's offensive against Ira...

What did the Department of Government Efficiency actually accomplish under Elon Musk? And what might change now that Musk is out? One former...

Air Force veteran Jeri Dilno realized she was a lesbian at a young age. For StoryCorps, she discussed the risk she took joining the military...

The ruling maintains a block on a lower court's order that found Trump was using the Guard in LA illegally in his immigration crackdown. (Im...

The ruling comes ahead of a grant application deadline on June 20, which would have required states to agree to enforce the Trump administra...

Through a powerful blend of creative interpretation and ancestral memory, an Alabma town reckons with its past and begins to write a new cha...

A nationwide listeria outbreak has been linked to 17 illnesses, and three deaths, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Saf...