Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...

Up to 3,000 additional troops have been ordered to the U.S.-Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the latest in ...

Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family ...

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

Michele Kelemen has been with NPR for two decades, starting as NPR's Moscow bureau chief and now covering the State Department and Washington's diplomatic corps. Her reports can be heard on all NPR ...

Dr. Frances Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency ...

One day after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's tense meeting with President Trump, Ukrainians worry about what the Oval Office clash means for their country's future.

Trump will give his first speech to Congress next Tuesday since his reelection. It has characteristics of what Americans call ...

Immigration authorities are making more arrests than they did under President Biden. But the Department of Homeland ...

An NPR investigation finds federal judges have enormous influence with few checks on their power. Law clerks and other ...

Eileen and James Kramer were fired from their jobs at Lake Clark National Park in Alaska, even though they both recently ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough ...