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A suburb of Damascus is at the center of the new Syrian government's struggle for control. Now, Israel is threatening to intervene due to un...

President Trump demands cities and states cooperate with immigration enforcement. In immigrant communities, that's led to panic and many rum...

The draft executive action, obtained by NPR, acknowledges the department and its signature responsibilities were created by Congress, and ca...

A U.S. appeals court has sided with the administration in allowing the removal of Hampton Dellinger from the Office of Special Counsel. The...

Trump continues to link his tariffs to fentanyl and overdose deaths — in his speech to Congress and on social media. But many of his statem...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Walesa expresses fear and distaste at how Trump treats Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

President Trump defended his humanitarian aid cuts to countries around the globe, including one nation he joked "nobody has ever heard of."...

Like the Super Bowl mid-game spectaculars, the 2026 final game slated to take place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey will include the World...

LeBron James has been so good for so long, there's a famous running joke about when he might slow down. At age 40, where does his 50,000 car...

Today we take a break from the serious and often depressing international news beat to bring you the sound's of Soviet Central Asia in the 1...

A Hamas official tells NPR that the United States has held direct talks with the Palestinian militant group over the release of several Amer...

The 25 Canadians are accused of calling seniors in over 40 states, pretending to be their grandchildren and asking for bail money. Authoriti...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture must temporarily reinstate more than 5,000 probationary employees fired since Feb. 13, according to a rul...

Syrian soccer player Abdel Basset al-Sarout became the poster child for the Syrian revolution with his iconic protest anthems. In death, he...

In an order, the justices left in place a lower court order that so far has only required the Trump administration to pay contractors for fo...

President Trump delivered a partisan address to a joint session of Congress last night, boasting about his accomplishments from the first si...

Israel's domestic security agency had Hamas' battle plans for the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks but didn't take them seriously. Prime Minister Benjam...

On Ash Wednesday, Christians hear the words "Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return." Those words ring differently for many...

Some federal agencies, like the Department of Veterans Affairs, are largely exempt from President Trump's hiring freeze. But they're hitting...

Chimneys are all that are left of many homes that burned in Altadena. Some are adorned with historic tiles, and a group of volunteers are ra...

The Panama Canal's impact on the geopolitical stage far outreaches its roughly 51-mile stretch of land and water. This week, we're trying to...

China will aim for economic growth of around 5% this year, the same as last year. This comes despite deep domestic challenges and fresh tari...

Prosecutors say the majority of the stolen tickets were for Swift's Eras Tour, but the thieves also boosted ones for Adele and Ed Sheeran co...

Partisan divisions were on display as Republican lawmakers gave Trump frequent standing ovations, while Democrats sat stone faced, held sign...

The Texas Democrat stood, shouting, as the president addressed a joint session of Congress. After refusing to retake his seat, Speaker Mike...