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Sep 02, 2026
The U.S. has launched more strikes at Iran, one day after the two countries exchanged fire for the first time in a month
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Sep 02, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks retired Rear Admiral and Biden administration National Security Council advisor John Kirby about the latest exchange of fire between the U.S. and Iran.
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Sep 02, 2026
When Arizona counts heat-related deaths, Adam Willson isn't included. His story shows how thousands of heat deaths can go uncounted every year in the United States.
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Sep 02, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with journalist and author Rozina Ali about her new book, "Seasons of Fury: Four Families and the Rise of Islamophobia in America."
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Sep 02, 2026
An anonymous federal official warned in a whistleblower complaint that a technical system the Postal Service built for mail voting is flawed and, if implemented, likely to disrupt the fall midterms.
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Sep 02, 2026
A lawyer for an anonymous whistleblower says Postal Service plans for an unusual verification rule, combined with a hastily built online system, could delay mail ballots from reaching eligible voters.
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Sep 02, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with attorney David Kligerman, who is representing a whistleblower who claims major discrepancies in a new U.S. Postal Service mail-in voting system.
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Sep 02, 2026
A Supreme Court ruling two years ago allowed bans on sleeping outside. Homeless people and advocates in the Midwest say aggressive encampment clearing has caused problems.
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Sep 02, 2026
"Survivor," a novel taken out of print at the request of author Octavia Butler, returned to print this week.
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Sep 02, 2026
President Trump seems to be pulling out all the stops to mitigate high gas prices ahead of the midterms.
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Sep 02, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with political consultant Sarah Longwell about Trump's low approval rating and high gas prices, as affordability shadows the approaching midterm election.
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Sep 02, 2026
A Utah state judge has decided what charges Tyler Robinson will face in connection with the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk one year ago.
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Sep 01, 2026
The Supreme Court is allowing construction to continue on the White House ballroom over dissents from the chief justice and the court's three liberals.
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Sep 01, 2026
Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck explains the separation-of-powers questions raised by the Supreme Court's decision on the White House ballroom.
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Sep 01, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck about the separation of powers issues raised by the Supreme Court's decision on the White House ballroom.
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Sep 01, 2026
Jurors convicted a former gang member of the death of Tupac Shakur. Duane Davis didn't pull the trigger in the 1996 drive-by shooting of the rap icon but admitted to orchestrating the killing.
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Sep 01, 2026
Spiking prices and rental bidding wars are raising fears of more displacement in a city where previous tech booms and a housing shortage have already driven out many.
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Sep 01, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with folk/bluegrass guitarist Billy Strings, whose new album "So Much for Goodbyes" pays tribute to his late mother.
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Sep 01, 2026
A rematch in a swing district Pennsylvania is showcasing how Republican messaging from 2024 is getting a replay, this time from Democratic candidates.
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Sep 01, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Financial Times sports columnist Simon Kuper about soccer superstar Lionel Messi's announcement that he is retiring from Argentina's national team.
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Sep 01, 2026
Ongoing rain chances are making search and rescue operations at the Grand Canyon more hazardous following Saturday's deadly flooding.
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Sep 01, 2026
The U.S. is playing host to finance ministers from around the world this week. Russia's top economic official made a stir on Monday when he showed up in person at the meeting in North Carolina.
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Sep 01, 2026
The U.S. is playing host to finance ministers from around the world this week. Russia's top economic official made a stir on Monday when he showed up in person at the meeting in North Carolina.
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Sep 01, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks former Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer about U.S. efforts to cultivate global support to economically isolate and pressure Iran.
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Sep 01, 2026
Several New York state sheriffs are suing the governor for signing a law banning ICE cooperation agreements. It's just the latest such lawsuit challenging state bans on these controversial deals and unlikely to be the last, according to experts.
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Sep 01, 2026
The Metropolitan Museum of Art will no longer honor famed fashion designer John Galliano with a career retrospective. Neither will he be celebrated at this year's Met Gala.
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Aug 31, 2026
President Trump is touting a new deal for the U.S. to access Venezuelan oil fields. Trump says it's a major boon for the American people, but it's unclear when they'll see the benefits.
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Aug 31, 2026
NPR's A Martínez speaks with Francisco Monaldi, director of the Latin America Energy Program at Rice University, about President Trump's claims of a Venezuelan oil agreement.
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Aug 31, 2026
Several people are missing or unaccounted for after severe flash flooding in the Grand Canyon on Saturday caused significant damage.
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Aug 31, 2026
An NPR investigation found that people in the U.S. are dying from heat much more often than official counts show. We explore the reasons why — and how lives can be saved.
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Aug 31, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with music journalist Alan Light about the posthumous release of a new Prince album, "Timeless"
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Aug 31, 2026
China and Nepal continue to grapple with the devastation left by catastrophic flooding along the Nepal-Tibet border, as rescuers search for the missing and assess widespread destruction.
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Aug 31, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks the United Nations' resident coordinator in Nepal, Lila Pieters Yahia, what more is needed to aid flood victims there.
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Aug 31, 2026
Dry eyes are a very common chronic eye condition among women in perimenopause and beyond. Here's why you shouldn't ignore it.
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Aug 31, 2026
Closing arguments are scheduled for Monday in the trial of Tupac Shakur's killing. The rap icon was gunned down in 1996 near the Las Vegas Strip in a gang-related altercation.
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Aug 31, 2026
MLB player Jose Iglesias, known as "Candelita" will be joining the Broadway show Buena Vista Social Club onstage.
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Aug 31, 2026
The House returns Monday for one week before heading back home. At the top of the agenda is a bill to extend government funding past the midterm elections.
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Aug 31, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Democratic Rep. Glenn Ivey of Maryland, as the House reconvenes this week with a stopgap spending bill on the agenda.
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Aug 31, 2026
Israeli settler attacks on Palestinians — and an assault on a U.S. media crew — draw rare Israeli condemnations, but no arrests.
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Aug 28, 2026
President Trump has signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario as "Lake America."
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Aug 28, 2026
Hundreds of people were killed by devastating flash floods that hit the Nepal-Tibet border, sweeping away roads, bridges and entire villages. More than 1,000 people are still missing.
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Aug 28, 2026
Shreya Ahuja is searching for her parents after devastating floods struck Nepal. She is calling for international help and communications access as her family waits for news.
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Aug 28, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Shreya Ahuja about her parents, who are missing in the floods in Nepal.
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Aug 28, 2026
Over 400 people were killed by the flash floods in Nepal and Tibet, Fed Chair Kevin Warsh to give a speech Friday, Judge hears argument in fight to restore Trump's name to Kennedy Center.
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Aug 28, 2026
His first solo album finds the Beastie Boys rapper making music with his sons and embracing the unpredictability of collaboration.
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Aug 28, 2026
A conversation with Mike D of The Beastie Boys, whose new release "Thank You" is the first solo album from a member of the hip-hop trio.
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Aug 28, 2026
A war that was supposed to last weeks and end Iran's Islamic regime has now been underway for six months. People inside Iran who were initially hopeful have grown increasingly disillusioned.
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Aug 28, 2026
Palestinians have started burning and banning kids kites after Israel says they'll treat them as hostile acts if they blow across the border.
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Aug 28, 2026
New Trump-led proposals to change how federal grants are decided could spell trouble for blue cities and states, The Indicator reports.
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Aug 28, 2026
The jury has begun deliberating in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Boston-area mother accused of murdering her three young children.
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Aug 28, 2026
A conservative group is planning cash prizes for State Department employees who fight DEI and help deport migrants.
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Aug 28, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with David Wilcox, with the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about what investors and economists are hoping to hear from the Fed chair's speech Friday.
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Aug 28, 2026
NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, set to launch this weekend, may shed new light on the nature of dark energy -- that mysterious force causing the universe to expand.
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Aug 28, 2026
Congressional Democrats are preparing for a new kind of midterm challenge: The risk that President Trump will attempt to undermine November's elections by claiming fraud or interfering with voting.
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Aug 27, 2026
Trump administration officials say federal agents have "total immunity," but a number of states have passed laws allowing them to be sued. But is it a viable option for those seeking accountability?
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Aug 27, 2026
President Trump is under pressure internationally and domestically as the year's primary elections near an end.
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Aug 27, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks Chris Whipple, the Vanity Fair writer who spent time inside the Trump administration, why the president is experiencing increasing resistance to his plans.
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Aug 27, 2026
Amid a record-setting outbreak of the diarrhea-causing parasite, food safety advocates say risks to food production are increasing.
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Aug 27, 2026
A push by President Trump could mean the elimination of a safety standard designed to keep radiation exposure as low as possible.
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Aug 27, 2026
A push by President Trump could mean the elimination of a safety standard designed to keep radiation exposure as low as possible.
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Aug 27, 2026
There's a fear that people facing international extradition granted bail could flee. Andrew Tate and his brother face a total of 59 criminal charges in the U.K., including rape and human trafficking.
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Aug 27, 2026
In an unusual move, both Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan testified on their own behalf Thursday. They face a total of 59 criminal charges in the U.K., including rape and human trafficking.
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Aug 27, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas about "Going Further," his new biography of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
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Aug 27, 2026
Tim Curry, who died on Tuesday at 80, is remembered as an actor who threw himself into things, whether as Frank-N-Furter in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or Pennywise the Clown in "It."
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Aug 27, 2026
The history and impact of the Black Caps, Louisville's former Negro League team, is being celebrated in a special baseball game tonight [8/27]
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Aug 27, 2026
The settlement between states and Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, means there will be new safeguards for young people on those platforms. What do psychologists think of the changes?
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Aug 26, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Hayley Williams, lead singer of the band Paramore, about the influence Dolly Parton had on her musically and personally.
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Aug 26, 2026
Dolly Parton came to fame as a star in country music and went on to become one of its most recognizable and universally adored ambassadors to broader popular culture. She died Tuesday at age 80.
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Aug 26, 2026
Canada will tariff nearly $20 billion worth of U.S. goods in response to U.S. tariffs. All this trade uncertainty makes it tough for businesses on both sides of the border.
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Aug 26, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Democractic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell of Michigan about the trade war between the U.S. and Canada.
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Aug 26, 2026
The Secret Service says it is aware of a video released by Iranian state media that appears to threaten the life of President Trump's youngest son, Barron Trump.
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Aug 26, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin remembers Dolly Parton with longtime country music journalist Tom Roland, who co-authored Parton's photographic memoir, "Star of the Show: My Life on Stage."
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Aug 26, 2026
A look at what worked -- and what didn't -- in the summer that finally brought cinemas back to the center of American cultural conversation.
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Aug 26, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott about the Trump administration's plans to revoke U.S. visas from asylum seekers.
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Aug 26, 2026
The Trump administration is preparing to cancel 200,000 immigration visas nationwide, in what could be the largest revocation effort in U.S. history, according to a source familiar with the proposal.
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Aug 26, 2026
NPR's A Martinez talks with actor Will Forte about the long-delayed release of the movie "Coyote vs. Acme." It's a live-action version of the classic Warner Brothers Road Runner cartoons.
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Aug 26, 2026
Public interest groups have filed a formal complaint against advertising by the state of Utah promoting nuclear energy development. They argue it amounts to propaganda.
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Aug 26, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with journalist Jad Abumrad, who produced the Peabody-winning podcast "Dolly Parton's America," about the Parton's life and legacy.
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Aug 26, 2026
Dolly Parton, who died on Tuesday at age 80, became a star by poking fun at her own image. She came to be one of the most universally beloved figures in American culture.
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Aug 26, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Dr. Teena Shetty, a neurologist who specializes in treating concussion, how the youngest football players should be thinking about the risks of CTE.
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Aug 26, 2026
A new study finds that 1 in 4 NFL players who died between 2016 and 2021 had CTE, the degenerative brain disease. Researchers have long known about the link between repeated head hits and CTE.
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Aug 26, 2026
Schools in Georgia, Florida and Colorado plan to deploy a new school safety device: drones.
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Aug 26, 2026
South Carolina Sen. Darline Graham won the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate. She will face Democratic nominee Annie Andrews for the seat formerly held by her brother, the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
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Aug 25, 2026
The Trump administration has struggled to find an exit ramp to the war against Iran. Now, it is trying to step up the financial pressure instead by introducing new sanctions to end the six month war.
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Aug 25, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Adam Szubin, former head of U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, about the new U.S. economic sanctions against Iran.
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Aug 25, 2026
South Carolina Republicans return to the polls for a runoff between Sen. Darline Graham and Rep. Ralph Norman. The race will determine which Republican is on the general election ballot in November.
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Aug 25, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Harvard professor and writer at the New Yorker Jill Lepore about her new book, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State."
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Aug 25, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Harvard professor and writer at the New Yorker Jill Lepore about her new book, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State."
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Aug 25, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Harvard professor and writer at the New Yorker Jill Lepore about her new book, "The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State."
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Aug 25, 2026
Officials have confirmed more than 30 structures have burned in the Hawk Fire just northwest of Reno, Nevada.
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Aug 25, 2026
A high-profile custody battle over a surrogate-born baby with a heart deformity will have its first hearing at a Texas court Tuesday.
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Aug 25, 2026
A border crossing in Arizona opened to cattle from Mexico for the first time in more than a year. This despite a parasite being found on the Mexican side. U.S. ranchers are upset.
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Aug 25, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Drew Fagan, professor of global affairs and public policy at the University of Toronto, about the escalating trade war between the U.S. and Canada.
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Aug 25, 2026
A tree frog is drawing spectators to a Northern Virginia park for its unusual blue coloring.
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Aug 25, 2026
The U.S. Supreme Court gave President Trump an interim win on a challenge to his executive order for restricting voting by mail, but other legal challenges loom.
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Aug 25, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Becker of the Center for Election Innovation & Research about the Supreme Court's decision on President Trump's executive order to curb mail-in voting.
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Aug 25, 2026
Nevada is suing over cuts the Trump administration has mandated it take in its Colorado River use. The suit alleges that Nevada faces an unfair burden compared to other states in water restrictions.
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Aug 24, 2026
Iran's new security chief warns the country will retaliate in a "seismic manner" against President Trump's plans to increase economic pressure on Tehran.
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Aug 24, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Iran analyst Karim Sadjadpour about the Trump administration's threats to impose new economic restrictions on Iran.
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