The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting ...

Sources tell NPR that more than 100 employees have been laid off at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Agency. The Centers ...

Air traffic controllers are facing a staffing shortage and the government shutdown is making it worse. And, former FBI ...

A dozen facilities saw air traffic control shortages on Monday, delaying flights at several airports. Transportation ...

Today’s episode features two mystery novels with special twists. First, The Killer Question is a story told via emails, ...

In the last two years Israel has erected hundreds of gates to restrict the movement of Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, making daily life more difficult for residents there.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear about his cross-party appeal in a state that has always ...

Gaza war moves into its third year today. And, examining President Trump's power to deploy the National Guard.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Anna North about her novel "Bog Queen," in which a modern investigator is called to examine a body found in a British bog.

In Italy, a super volcano outside of Naples is stirring in a way it hasn't for centuries. And hundreds of thousands of people live right by it.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to former politician and activist Sami Abu Shehadeh about how the war in Gaza affected Palestinians as a people two years on.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Moody's Chief Economist Mark Zandi about the strength of the economy during the government shutdown.