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Sep 09, 2026
The U.S. military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers Tuesday and Iran struck back, targeting U.S. troops in Jordan.
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Sep 09, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with retired General Joseph Votel about the latest attacks and counterattacks from Iran.
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Sep 09, 2026
The redistricting that Republicans hoped would help them win a key House seat in Missouri is in limbo after contradictory court rulings.
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Sep 09, 2026
The idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election used to be considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials — and judges — are training for.
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Sep 09, 2026
The catastrophic 9/11 attacks forced the intelligence community to radically revamp its ways of doing business. Now, critics say, President Trump is dismantling much of what was built since then.
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Sep 09, 2026
Back-and-forth strikes between the U.S. and Iran continue, U.K. imposes sanctions on Israeli settlements, accusing settlers of "ethnic cleansing," Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie G. Bunch III resigns.
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Sep 09, 2026
A decade after taking a knee, Colin Kaepernick has no regrets and is reflecting on his life in his new memoir, The Perilous Fight. He talks to NPR's Michel Martin about losing football, his disappointment with Jay-Z and what the protest taught him about power.
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Sep 09, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former NFL player, author and activist Colin Kaepernick about his new memoir, "The Perilous Fight."
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Sep 09, 2026
New York City has released 170,000 documents it says show officials knew the air quality around the World Trade Center after 9/11 was dangerous to breathe, but they didn't warn local residents.
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Sep 09, 2026
Republicans have never held a midterm convention before. But there's also never been a president like Donald Trump. We explore what the party is hoping to get out of the gathering.
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Sep 09, 2026
In the Portland, Oregon, area, a nonprofit harvests edible fruit from thousands of metro trees, shrubs and bushes, and distributes it to people in need.
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Sep 09, 2026
Former Sen. John Sununu will face Rep. Chris Pappas in New Hampshire's Senate race in November. The race is one of the most competitive in the midterms and could help determine control of the Senate.
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Sep 09, 2026
In years past, the idea of law enforcement taking possession of ballots in the middle of an active election would've been considered impossible. Now, it's a scenario voting officials - and judges - are preparing for.
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Sep 09, 2026
Israel expressed outrage after the U.K. declared "settler terrorists" are causing "ethnic cleansing" in the West Bank and banned imports from the settlements.
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Sep 09, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks Zena Agha, deputy director of the British Palestinian Committee, what the UK's new sanctions on Israeli settlements might mean for peace.
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Sep 09, 2026
A new federal program at 13 airports allows visitors with TSA PreCheck to pass checkpoints without a boarding pass to meet or drop off air travelers.
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Sep 08, 2026
Canada's retaliatory tariffs against U.S. imports went into effect early Tuesday, escalating the trade war between former close allies.
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Sep 08, 2026
Chrystia Freeland understands the U.S.-Canada relationship from her time at the negotiating table. Here's what she sees now.
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Sep 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former Canadian Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland about Canada's retaliatory tariffs going into effect Tuesday.
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Sep 08, 2026
Hurricane Lowell triggers hurricane warnings on its approach to western Hawaii as a major Category 3 storm.
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Sep 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with journalist Peter Bergen about his latest book, "All The Presidents' Wars," a history of the United States' war on terror across four presidential administrations.
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Sep 08, 2026
Who has the right to sue the president? NPR's Leila Fadel asks Georgetown Law professor Stephen Vladeck about the Supreme Court's approach to standing when it comes to the Trump administration.
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Sep 08, 2026
The Tunnels to Towers Foundation is traveling across the U.S. with a 21-foot I-beam from the World Trade Center's South Tower to help educate Americans with no memory of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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Sep 08, 2026
Georgia and South Carolina are trying to fight off an invasive bee-eating hornet that's been spreading along their coasts.
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Sep 08, 2026
A new space at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis explores the recent past and future of the movement.
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Sep 08, 2026
It's the first day of school for millions of students, including preschoolers at Charles City Elementary School, located outside Richmond, Virginia.
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Sep 08, 2026
The Republican party is calling it a "Trumpapalooza." The party is throwing an unconventional convention in Dallas this week to try to boost Republican voter enthusiasm.
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Sep 08, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with commentator Jonah Goldberg about this week's unusual Republican midterm gathering.
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Sep 08, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Carl Skau of the World Food Programme about the food insecurity crisis in Yemen.
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Sep 07, 2026
For the first time, Trump's top envoys take their peace push to Kyiv — after talks with Putin in Moscow.
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Sep 07, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel asks William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, about efforts made by U.S. emissaries toward a compromise between Russia and Ukraine.
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Sep 07, 2026
Diesel prices have spiked just in time for corn and soybean harvests. Farmers need the fuel to bring in the crops, and many were already hurting, but there are factors offsetting this latest setback.
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Sep 07, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with former crime reporter John Simpson about Simpson's decision to go to clown school.
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Sep 07, 2026
The U.S. and Iran traded strikes this weekend, raising tensions as Iran announced a new route in the Strait of Hormuz and President Trump claimed the U.S. controls the waterway.
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Sep 07, 2026
Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to Colombia, Peru and Ecuador as President Trump hails a shift to the right in regional politics and a new era of U.S. dominance.
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Sep 07, 2026
Copper peptides are one of the biggest viral trends on social media. People are smearing the electric blue tincture on their face, and even injecting it under the skin. The compound is supposed to deliver flawless and firm skin, promote wound healing and other anti-aging effects. So what's the evidence behind GHK-Cu? NPR's Will Stone reports.
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Sep 07, 2026
Unions are trying to figure out where they stand on AI. While some are focused on greater protections for workers, the building trades unions are already reaping benefits from the data center boom.
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Sep 07, 2026
Labor Day marks the unofficial kickoff of the general election season as Republicans work to maintain control of the House and the Senate amid President Trump's unpopular second term.
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Sep 07, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Charlie Cook, founder of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report, about the outlook for Democrats and Republicans as midterm campaign season kicks off.
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Sep 07, 2026
For the first time, genetically modified pig kidneys keep two kidney failure patients alive long enough to get human kidneys.
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Sep 07, 2026
NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Rick Hasen of UCLA's Safeguarding Democracy Project about the Trump administration's Supreme Court appeal on the USPS plan for mail-in voting.
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Sep 04, 2026
President Trump is again hoping to use economic pressure to force Iran to the negotiating table.
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Sep 04, 2026
An ICE officer faces rare federal charges in connection with the non-fatal shooting of a Venezuelan man in Minneapolis.
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Sep 04, 2026
For StoryCorps, three siblings discuss what it took for their family to open a beloved neighborhood pizza joint in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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Sep 04, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Times reporter Emily Badger about the Trump administration's plans to move forward with construction of a triumphal arch.
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Sep 04, 2026
Forecasters expect the El Niño weather pattern to strengthen significantly this year, raising the risks of extreme weather around the world well into 2027.
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Sep 04, 2026
The Trump administration wants to end tax-exempt status for universities with certain race-based programs. Wesleyan President Michael Roth says the plan could frighten schools.
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Sep 04, 2026
NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Wesleyan University president Michael Roth about U.S. Treasury and IRS efforts to revoke tax-exempt status from private schools that help students based on race.
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Sep 04, 2026
The Trump administration has said it will end the tax-exempt status for universities with programs that help racial minority students.
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Sep 04, 2026
The elephantnose fish is native to Africa and a darling of neuroscientists, for its specialized cerebellum-like brain. Scientists have mapped the neurons in a part of the brain that senses electrical signals in detail, and found that how it filters out electrical noise is more complex than they thought.
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Sep 04, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Letty Cottin Pogrebin, who cofounded Ms. Magazine with Gloria Steinem about Steinem's legacy.
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Sep 04, 2026
How do you know if a secondhand luxury good bought online is real? That's at the heart of a lawsuit filed by Chanel against the luxury reseller, The RealReal.
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Sep 03, 2026
Feminist icon and author Gloria Steinem has died. Her foundation posted online this morning that she died yesterday in New York City.
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Sep 03, 2026
Eight days after Nepal's flash floods, families who can't find loved ones perform symbolic cremations.
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Sep 03, 2026
Jurors in the trial of Lindsay Clancy, the Massachusetts woman charged with murdering her three children, are deadlocked after five days of deliberation.
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Sep 03, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with CNN senior political analyst Ron Brownstein about the Democratic Party's division over embracing Democratic Socialism.
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Sep 03, 2026
Xi Jinping's visit to Egypt for the first time in a decade, and during the Iran war, comes as U.S. allies broaden their security ties.
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Sep 03, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin asks former Obama administration official Benjamin Gedan {guh-DAN} about the viability of the Trump administration's plan for Venezuelan oil.
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Sep 03, 2026
Chevron's $7 billion Venezuela bet deepens U.S. ties to the country's oil industry. Critics say the deal poses risks to democracy and could fuel discontent over Washington's embrace of the government.
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Sep 03, 2026
The NBA has punished the Los Angeles Clippers for a scheme it says tried to circumvent the salary cap to pay Kawhi Leonard. The team will lose five years of first-round picks plus millions in fines.
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Sep 03, 2026
NPR's Michel Martin asks music critic Nate Chinen about the legacy of the Grammy-winning jazz artist Cassandra Wilson.
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Sep 03, 2026
Relations between the Trump administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have turned rocky since Trump called a truce with Iran. Trump seeks progress in Gaza, but Netanyahu is taking a defiant stance ahead of an election.
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Sep 03, 2026
Olivia Rodrigo curated her own women-led music festival called Daisy Chain Fields. NPR's Leila Fadel asks Rodrigo about her motivations for the festival and her latest album.
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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
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
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
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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