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Oct 16, 2026
The administration says papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump, not to the American people. The case could ultimately end up at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.
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Oct 16, 2026
The Milwaukee Brewers are headed to the World Series for the first time since 1982. The Brewers swept the Los Angeles Dodgers, the two-time defending World Series champion.
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Oct 16, 2026
The Irish band Fontaines D.C. builds on their global success with the new album "Dopamine Chamber," which a band member describes as the soundtrack to our "glorious age of distraction."
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Oct 16, 2026
President Trump has canceled the livestreaming of the execution of the man behind the attack at Fort Hood in 2009. Some say the public proposal itself - from a Cabinet member - changes norms.
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Oct 16, 2026
Republican María Elvira Salazar faces a tough contest in her Miami-area congressional district, with many voters upset about President Trump's immigration policies.
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Oct 16, 2026
Republican María Elvira Salazarfaces a tough contest in her Miami-area congressional district, with many voters upset about President Trump's immigration policies.
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Oct 16, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Washington Post investigative reporter Sarah Blaskey about new documents obtained by the Post that detail donors to the White House ballroom project.
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Oct 16, 2026
NPR investigations spent more than a year uncovering the company behind a skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation.
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Oct 16, 2026
NPR investigations spent more than a year uncovering the company behind a skincare scheme that led to consumer complaints, lawsuits and a federal investigation.
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Oct 16, 2026
Russian authorities say Ukraine struck a major oil refinery southeast of Moscow Thursday. The strike was in response to Russia's attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure.
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Oct 16, 2026
Journalist and Russia analyst Julia Ioffe lays out how Vladimir Putin might be trying to exploit the current divide between the U.S. and Ukraine over striking Russian oil refineries.
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Oct 16, 2026
A hunger strike by detainees at a South Georgia ICE facility enters into its second week. They want better conditions.
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Oct 15, 2026
The candidates in a competitive U.S. House race in Nebraska faced off in a debate. The winner would replace retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon.
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Oct 15, 2026
The candidates in a competitive U.S. House race in Nebraska faced off in a debate. The winner would replace retiring GOP Rep. Don Bacon.
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Oct 15, 2026
How does President Trump's travel compare to past campaigns and what does it say about Republicans' level of concern about the midterms?
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Oct 15, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with political analyst Ron Brownstein about recent shifts in GOP spending and messaging, and what they suggest about how the party views its chances in the midterms.
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Oct 15, 2026
The fight over a FEMA program aiding some of LA's most vulnerable wildfire victims is the latest setback for hundreds of fire survivors who still haven't rebuilt after the deadly 2025 infernos.
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Oct 15, 2026
A Kansas City group set up to help volunteers plant fruit trees in vacant city lots has quickly branched out across the country with almost 850 orchards in 17 cities with more to come.
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Oct 15, 2026
The latest tough inflation report reinforces the challenge for President Trump and GOP candidates ahead into the midterm elections.
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Oct 15, 2026
Social Security may run short of money to make full payments to retirees as soon as 2032. The team from NPR's Planet Money examines possible solutions.
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Oct 15, 2026
Tribes on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming are asking a Christian pastor to leave after she denigrated their native religion in a sermon.
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Oct 15, 2026
France has opened an investigation into a cyberattack that hit hundreds of food retailers, causing refrigerators to malfunction across the country.
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Oct 15, 2026
Hong Kong's famous Chungking Mansions high-rise development offers a rare window into globalization as the city reshapes its social fabric.
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Oct 15, 2026
Ukraine says SpaceX's Starshield, the system it uses for its offensive drone attacks on Russia, has been greatly restricted. Elon Musk says the U.S. is responsible for any changes to the system.
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Oct 15, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Rep. Mike Quigley of Illinois about reports that SpaceX temporarily restricted access to its Starshield in Ukraine, affecting the country's war efforts.
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Oct 14, 2026
In an NPR interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy discusses tensions with Trump, U.S. sanctions relief for Russian oil and threats to intelligence-sharing as the war continues.
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Oct 14, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with veteran diplomat Richard Haass about the Russia-Ukraine war and the role President Trump is playing.
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Oct 14, 2026
President Donald Trump traveled to the red state of Alaska on Tuesday, to rally in support of an endangered Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan.
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Oct 14, 2026
President Trump has forced out his ambassador to Greece, Kimberly Guilfoyle. She faced allegations of misconduct before and during her tenure at the U.S. Embassy in Athens, which she has denied.
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Oct 14, 2026
Cornell says it's making big changes on campus following the allegations of a gang rape, but it remains under fire. The Faculty Senate is now discussing a no-confidence vote of the president.
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Oct 14, 2026
Laborers in Indian textile factories are filming themselves working so developers can train AI to take over their jobs.
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Oct 14, 2026
Michael Che {chay} is one half of the Weekend Update team at "Saturday Night Live." NPR's A Martinez talks to him about his new Netflix stand-up comedy special, "Michael Che: Shot in Minnesota."
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Oct 14, 2026
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy sits down with NPR to talks about the ongoing war in his country, Pope Leo has lung cancer, the Vatican announced, U.S. ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle resigns.
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Oct 14, 2026
Higher energy prices, tied to the U.S. war with Iran, are driving up the overall cost-of-living. The Labor Department is set to deliver its latest inflation report this morning.
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Oct 14, 2026
Facing a mounting labor crunch, Japan's second largest convenience store chain is "going Gaga."
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Oct 14, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former chief White House ethics lawyer Richard Painter about the ethics allegations facing former U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle, who resigned Tuesday.
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Oct 14, 2026
The man convicted of orchestrating the killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur has been sentenced to a minimum of 40 years. Duane Davis was in the vehicle when Shakur was gunned down in Las Vegas in 1996.
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Oct 14, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Casey Michel, author of "United States of Oligarchy," about reporting from several news outlets that Elon Musk has given $276 million to Republican groups since July.
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Oct 14, 2026
Pope Leo XIV had surgery on Tuesday to remove a cancerous growth in his lung, the Vatican announced.
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Oct 13, 2026
With the midterm elections just weeks away, President Trump continues his tour across the country to rally for Republican candidates, stopping Tuesday in Alaska.
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Oct 13, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican strategist Ron Bonjean about how the low-polling party can hone its message to voters in the final few weeks before the midterms.
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Oct 13, 2026
Pakistan has imposed emergency rule in the province governed by the political party of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan.
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Oct 13, 2026
Britain's prime minister says Iran was "almost certainly" behind last month's security incident at the US-run RAF Fairford airbase.
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Oct 13, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks David Martin Davies of Texas Public Radio about the state's surprisingly close U.S. Senate and governor's races.
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Oct 13, 2026
NPR's A Martínez visits a Texas border town to see how the Trump administration's immigration policies have affected it, and how people there are viewing the midterm elections.
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Oct 13, 2026
Researchers all over North America are attaching tiny transmitters to Monarch butterflies as they begin their migration to Mexico, to learn more about their stops and challenges.
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Oct 13, 2026
Texas Republicans kicked off the nationwide redistricting war by redrawing several seats in the state to make them more Latino. NPR's A Martínez explores what that means for the midterm elections.
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Oct 13, 2026
Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C. home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Monday morning. Omar criticized the search, calling it a weaponization of federal law enforcement.
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Oct 13, 2026
NPR's A Martinez speaks with legal analyst Elliot Williams about the grounds for federal authorities' search of Rep. Ilhan Omar's home.
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Oct 13, 2026
Montana voters will have a chance to speak out on the boom of corporate and anonymous money in politics that has been the result of the Citizens United court ruling.
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Oct 13, 2026
The cost of living is one of the biggest issues in the upcoming midterm elections. NPR's A Martínez explores one slice of the economy in the key state of Texas: beef prices.
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Oct 12, 2026
Ukraine's President Zelenskyy warns Trump's decision to ease Russian diesel sanctions could fuel Moscow's war effort as the U.S. president urges Ukraine to find new leadership.
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Oct 12, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire about President Trump's deal for Russian diesel and his claim of an "energy ceasefire" that did not materialize.
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Oct 12, 2026
Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself against measles. For most adults, one shot of the MMR is considered enough protection. But there are certain situations that call for a second dose.
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Oct 12, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican strategist Rina Shah about how President Trump's personal grievances and projects are affecting the chances of GOP candidates in the upcoming election.
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Oct 12, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with political strategist and former senior Republican congressional adviser Rina Shah about how President Trump's personal grievances and projects are affecting the chances of GOP candidates in the upcoming election.
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Oct 12, 2026
With a deal to import millions of tons of diesel fuel from Russia, President Trump is struggling to show voters that he is focused on the cost of living ahead of the midterms.
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Oct 12, 2026
Rising fuel prices are stressing household budgets in the Northeast, where many rely on heating oil to warm their homes.
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Oct 12, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with New York Times White House correspondent Tyler Pager about President Trump's new pick for press secretary, Katie Zacharia.
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Oct 12, 2026
Vaccination is the best way to protect yourself against measles, one of the most contagious diseases known. For most adults, one shot of the MMR is considered enough protection. But there are certain situations that call for getting a second dose.
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Oct 12, 2026
Alabama and the Florida Panhandle bore the brunt of Hurricane Isaias. While the storm weakened once it hit land, four people lost their lives. Meanwhile, other storms are affecting the Pacific coast.
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Oct 12, 2026
The 15th Congressional District runs from the east of San Antonio all the way down into the Rio Grande Valley. This majority-Latino district provides a window into the Latino vote in Texas.
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Oct 12, 2026
The 15th Congressional District runs from the east of San Antonio all the way down into the Rio Grande Valley. This majority-Latino district provides a window into the Latino vote in Texas.
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Oct 12, 2026
Military justice expert Eugene Fidell of Yale Law School speaks to NPR about the Pentagon's plan to livestream the execution of a convicted mass murderer.
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Oct 12, 2026
Protesters in the Indian capital have again defied authorities to demonstrate against a controversial revision of the country's voter rolls that has seen 130 million people removed, or threatened with removal.
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Oct 09, 2026
Middle schooler Cora Walsh of Long Island, N.Y., has won the 2026 NPR Student Podcast Challenge with a story about her journey with dyslexia.
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Oct 09, 2026
Gulf Coast Preps for Isaias, Ukraine expects Russian winter offensive, and Trump's Iran War in focus as Midterms approach.
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Oct 09, 2026
People along the Gulf Coast are awaiting the landfall of Hurricane Isaias.
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Oct 09, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with D.C. Reeves, the mayor of Pensacola, Fla., as the coastal city prepares for Hurricane Isaias.
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Oct 09, 2026
On Thursday in San Diego, servicemembers who have been on an extended deployment on the USS Abraham Lincoln were reunited with family members.
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Oct 09, 2026
Sorkin's latest film follows Mark Zuckerberg as his company fights lawsuits and whistleblowers after modifying its algorithm to promote reshares, which overwhelmingly tend to be divisive.
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Oct 09, 2026
In one New Jersey town immigration advocates say ICE has been secretly using one of its warehouses to detain people, which may be in violation of court orders prohibiting their use.
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Oct 09, 2026
Heath Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces new steps aimed at identifying and treating complications from vaccines.
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Oct 09, 2026
On the Navajo Reservation, a would-be energy developer appears to have tried to bribe a local environmental group to drop opposition to his project.
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Oct 09, 2026
The Trump administration is funneling $100 million into educating STEM researchers who are U.S. citizens. The move comes after other changes under Trump have forced cutbacks in university research.
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Oct 08, 2026
Isaias became the first hurricane of the Atlantic season late Wednesday. It's expected to make landfall along the U.S. Gulf Coast Friday.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with former NOAA official Carolyn Gruber about vulnerabilities in the infrastructure of coastal cities during extreme weather events.
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Oct 08, 2026
Federal prosecutors say a teenager is under arrest, under suspicion of plotting a mass shooting at Minnesota's Mall of America.
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Oct 08, 2026
Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with director Alex Gibney about "Musk," his new documentary on Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. Initial release 10/9, national US theatrical
release 10/16.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR has exclusive reporting that under the Trump administration, the FBI teams that work on catching foreign spies have been hit with major staffing cuts.
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Oct 08, 2026
France's prime minister says students' demands for better school resources will be heard, but his pledge wasn't enough to quell protesters.
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Oct 08, 2026
Carson's writing, including The Beauty of the Husband, Autobiography of Red, and Eros the Bittersweet, is eclectic in genre and theme.
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Oct 08, 2026
The Swedish Academy announces the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Thursday, and the literary world is speculating about which writers could become the latest Nobel laureate.
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Oct 08, 2026
Student groups at Cornell organized a seven-hour sit-in Wednesday to protest the University's handling of the 2024 rape allegations.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with radiologist Dr. Lisa Mullen about a new Maryland law requiring that patients be notified if mammogram results show calcium deposits in blood vessels.
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Oct 08, 2026
Both parties are spending heavily in roughly 60 House districts — where Trump won by an average of nine points in 2024 — that could be key to deciding control of the chamber in the midterms.
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Oct 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Jessica Taylor with the Cook Political Report how Republican groups are shifting spending amid unfavorable polling for their party ahead of the midterms.
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Oct 08, 2026
Christa Pike's attorneys say she regained consciousness after surviving two lethal injections. It's not clear what will happen to her next.
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Oct 07, 2026
Questions continue to swirl around a U.K. military base and potential Iran-backed attacks.
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Oct 07, 2026
NPR's A Martínez asks Megan Sutcliffe, who focuses on security risks in the Middle East, why Iran would want to target a British air base.
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Oct 07, 2026
President Trump hits the campaign trail as Republicans look to rally turnout ahead of the midterms.
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Oct 07, 2026
The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are still stark in American public schools.
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Oct 07, 2026
The pop superstar is showing art from his personal collection for the first time. The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art is packed with fans.
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Oct 07, 2026
Northern Nevada has a reliably red congressional seat, represented by a Republican since it was drawn in the early 1980s. A complicated candidate and a potential blue wave this year could change that.
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Oct 07, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with podcaster Jennifer Welch about her new book, "Not Today, Fascists."
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Oct 07, 2026
Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates will lead an independent inquiry into Cornell's handling of a former student's rape allegations. Students are preparing for a sit-in Wednesday.
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Oct 07, 2026
Before Tennessee's prisons chief stepped down in the aftermath of a horrific failed execution, he oversaw botched executions in Arizona. A review of protocols there spelled out serious issues.
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Oct 06, 2026
Election Day is four weeks away and people are already voting in the 2026 midterms. Where do things stand in the big races across the country?
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