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Sep 25, 2026
Several Republicans in competitive races broke with President Trump on key agenda issues this week as voters continue to express concern about the economy and the war with Iran.
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Sep 25, 2026
A new study from the Lancet out this week finds that non-communicable diseases accounted for nearly 5 million deaths across Africa in 2023, representing 45% of all deaths in Africa.
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Sep 25, 2026
On his new album, Leon Bridges teams up with members of the band Jungle, frees himself of genre constraints and creates music that cultivates joy.
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Sep 25, 2026
As China's president visits the White House, the Asia Society is visiting South Dakota to get grassroots views on agriculture trade issues.
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Sep 25, 2026
Willem Dafoe's desire to challenge himself has made the 71-year-old very productive. He's in five films being released in the second half of this year. That includes his most recent film, Late Fame.
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Sep 25, 2026
Talent and a special kind of passion landed Micah Johnson in Major League Baseball. When a mental health crisis pushed him out of the sport, he turned his drive to another field entirely: fine art.
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Sep 25, 2026
Programs that send mental health workers out to 911 calls instead of police have grown in recent years. But doing them right is a challenge.
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Sep 25, 2026
It's Sept. 25, and in a nod to "9 to 5", people in Nashville and other places are celebrating the Queen of Country, Dolly Party.
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Sep 25, 2026
The Pacific Ocean has churned with hurricanes this year while the Atlantic has had none. The unusual seasons are likely driven by an especially powerful El Nino.
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Sep 25, 2026
In Michigan, both candidates in a close race for a U.S. Senate seat reach out to autoworkers amid the trade war between the U.S. and Canada.
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Sep 24, 2026
The most coveted real estate in business might just be the choicest shelf space of national big box retail. We go inside the room and the process of how stores choose what you can and can't buy.
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Sep 24, 2026
The U.S. is pushing the Americas to confront Nicaragua—but what, if anything, the region is prepared to do remains unclear.
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Sep 24, 2026
Rural hospital closures are driving demand for air ambulance services. But finding and keeping highly trained staff to practice medicine in the air isn't easy.
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Sep 24, 2026
In the first papal state visit to France in nearly 20 years, Pope Leo will preside over Mass in Paris, meet with sex abuse survivors and deliver a speech on European unity.
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Sep 24, 2026
South Africa is aiming to smash a savory world record — the world's largest BBQ — and more boerewors sausage than you can shake a stick at.
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Sep 24, 2026
Part of the Trump administration's argument for banning news outlets is that their coverage posed a threat to national security. A story cited an anonymous official, who turned out to be VP Vance.
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Sep 24, 2026
Dr. Heidi Overton has been nominated to be the new FDA commissioner. The Senate HELP committee pressed her on vaccines, mifepristone, food safety and whether she can tell the president he's wrong.
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Sep 24, 2026
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an address to the United Nations General Assembly amid wide criticism of Israel's conduct in Gaza. Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas delivered an address via pre-recorded video.
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Sep 24, 2026
Bishop Fulton Sheen will be beatified by the Catholic Church in St. Louis on Thursday, moving the television personality from the 1950s one step away from sainthood.
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Sep 24, 2026
President Trump invokes "national security" to defend actions like banning reporters and building a new ballroom and arch. Critics note judges are often deferential to presidents making this claim.
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Sep 24, 2026
Trump administration officials bowed to pressure from a federal judge, allowing CNN, MSNOW and Politico onto White House grounds after revoking their press passes over coverage Trump didn't like.
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Sep 24, 2026
All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly talks with White House correspondent Emily Feng about the Trump/Xi summit.
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Sep 24, 2026
Kids are used to being asked, "What do you want to be when you grow up?" Two students in Columbus, Ohio, flipped the script to ask grown-ups why they chose their careers.
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Sep 24, 2026
No matter how much poison you put out, rats continue to thrive. So D.C.'s Rat Rangers are trying education (of people, not the rats). They take residents into back alleys to illuminate the problem.
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Sep 24, 2026
Rates have climbed more than a full percentage point since the U.S. war against Iran started.
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Sep 24, 2026
Education staff are being scattered across several other federal agencies. Despite the Trump administration's claims, employees say it's adding bureaucracy and making it harder to serve students.
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Sep 23, 2026
Iran and Ukraine take center stage at the UN as diplomats push to contain two wars threatening global stability.
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Sep 23, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice about the relevance of the United Nations in 2026.
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Sep 23, 2026
Seth MacFarlane is best known for creating Family Guy and American Dad. He's also an accomplished singer. Now, he's out with a new record of Muppets songs.
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Sep 23, 2026
As Xi Jinping heads to the White House, polls show Americans feeling their best days are behind them. But what does America look like from China?
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Sep 23, 2026
We get the latest in the court battle between major news outlets and the Trump administration that revoked their access to the White House.
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Sep 23, 2026
The Nvidia CEO is a relentless AI optimist with the president's ear. Stephen Witt, author of The Thinking Machine, tells NPR's Juana Summers how their relationship could shape the future of AI.
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Sep 23, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Andrew Weissmann, a legal analyst and former federal prosecutor, about the Trump administration's rationale for banning three news outlets from the White House.
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Sep 23, 2026
Born a year before Israel's creation, Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour spent his life painting the faces and landscapes of Israeli occupation. He died in August aged 79, and was buried in the occupied West Bank.
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Sep 23, 2026
People say they are more likely to choose a Democrat to represent them in Congress, and feel Democrats would be better at tackling top issues like the economy and foreign policy.
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Sep 23, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Avi Asher-Schapiro of ProPublica about the connections between a defense contractor and Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, and how the FBI was, at one time, looking into it.
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Sep 23, 2026
Now that Paramount has an antitrust suit, the way is clear for a merger. But many say the deal will be the unmaking of Hollywood. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with screenwriter and showrunner Mike Schur.
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Sep 23, 2026
While Senate offices have access to chatbots like ChatGPT, they are not authorized to use any of the more advanced tools that are at the center of regulatory talks and public debate about AI safety.
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Sep 22, 2026
Three days after ICE agents shot and injured Wilber Rafael Garces Perez in Austin, Texas, questions linger about the details around this enforcement operation.
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Sep 22, 2026
Employees at a group of privately-run juvenile detention facilities across Tennessee failed to report suspected physical and sexual abuse to the state, and were allegedly discouraged from calling 911.
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Sep 22, 2026
The Department of Health and Human Services announced something it's never done before - canceled the health insurance of 760,000 individuals enrolled in plans in the Affordable Care Act marketplace.
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Sep 22, 2026
In her new show, comedian Pooja Reddy busts stereotypes as her youth in rural Kentucky takes center stage.
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Sep 22, 2026
The Black Mississippi teen's family questions whether his race contributed to his July 4th death on an island off the Mississippi coast.
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Sep 22, 2026
Let's take a look at how and why "Choosin' Texas" has come to define and dominate the pop charts in 2026.
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Sep 22, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Froman, Council on Foreign Relations president, at the UN General Assembly.
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Sep 22, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with David Rubenstein, a Baltimore native, philanthropist and investor who leads an ownership group that acquired the Baltimore Orioles in 2024.
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Sep 22, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with media consultant and television producer Mark McKinnon about the launching of Trump TV, an official White House Youtube channel, streaming 24/7.
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Sep 22, 2026
Home gardening is getting a boost, in part, from fears of foodborne illness. But is homegrown safer? Experts weigh in.
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Sep 22, 2026
Bears in Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska have been bulking up on salmon before winter. On Tuesday, annual voting kicks off for the favorite.
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Sep 22, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Seth Center, a former U.S. diplomat who has previously negotiated with China regarding AI concerns, about his doubts around this week's China-U.S. summit.
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Sep 22, 2026
In May 2025, many countries signed a pandemic treaty aimed at avoiding some of the mistakes of the COVID-19 pandemic. But countries are still negotiating the heart of the treaty.
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Sep 22, 2026
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s latest financial disclosure reveals he accepted free flights to Fiji and Greece and lucrative book advances.
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Sep 22, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with State Department spokesman Tommy Pigott about President Trump's speech to the United Nations and America's place in the world.
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Sep 22, 2026
OpenAI beat humans to solving the Navier-Stokes problem, but mathematicians say the AI's solution isn't telling them much.
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Sep 21, 2026
Nigeria's lavish wedding tradition is colliding with a cost-of-living crisis, forcing young couples to rethink how they say "I do."
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Sep 21, 2026
During Typhoon Halong in 2025, thousands of objects from an archeological dig site in western Alaska were endangered. Now, there's an emergency dig.
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Sep 21, 2026
During Typhoon Halong in 2025, thousands of objects from an archeological dig site in western Alaska were torn from the earth and scattered across miles of coastline. Now, there's an emergency dig.
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Sep 21, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Bloomberg's Jeff Mason, past president of the White House Correspondents' Association about President Trump's decision to ban three major news outlets from the building.
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Sep 21, 2026
A 16-year-old fell asleep at the wheel while on a hunting trip with his dad. Pinned in the wreckage with a fire starting, he thought he was going to die -- until a trucker pulled over to help.
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Sep 21, 2026
New Found Glory guitarist Chad Gilbert died recently, after a battle with cancer. NPR remembers the founding member of the punk rock bank.
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Sep 21, 2026
President Trump's exertion of power over the press, Greenland and even the D.C. landscape are teeing up questions over the president's limits.
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Sep 21, 2026
CNN, MS Now, and Politico are suing the Trump administration after being barred from the White House. Other TV networks are boycotting the White House press pool in solidarity.
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Sep 21, 2026
On Wild Card, famous guests open up about topics we don't often talk about. Journalist John Dickerson talks about his relationship to death.
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Sep 21, 2026
After decades of making parody music, Weird Al has new generations of fans. His Tiny Desk Concert saw an audience of people in their 60s and kids who could have been their grandchildren.
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Sep 21, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Tara Copp of The Washington Post about her reporting on the Defense Department's accounting of U.S. troops who've died over the course of the war with Iran.
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Sep 20, 2026
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Kristin Duncanson, a farmer in Minnesota, about how record high fuel prices are affecting her business.
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Sep 20, 2026
Former U.S. deputy national security advisor Anne Neuberger is watching for signs of competition and cooperation on artificial intelligence at President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping's summit this week.
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Sep 20, 2026
There's a long history of killer AI in cinema. Today, those works of fiction feel more real than ever.
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Sep 20, 2026
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Director Maya Annik Bedward about her new documentary, Black Zombie.
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Sep 20, 2026
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks to Sayre Quevedo, creator of the "Reaching Out' podcast, about his and his brother's journey to find their biological father.
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Sep 20, 2026
Pakistani authorities raze hundreds of homes of the working poor living around a beloved Sufi shrine to make way for Shanghai-style hotels.
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Sep 20, 2026
President Trump has a big week on the international stage, from the United Nations General Assembly to hosting the Chinese president at the White House.
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Sep 20, 2026
Tee up those entries: It's time for the next NPR College Podcast Challenge, and hear how the contest changed the lives of past participants.
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Sep 19, 2026
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Kurt Volker, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, about worries that Russia's "hybrid attacks" could lead to a direct military confrontation with NATO.
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Sep 19, 2026
China is cracking down on underground churches, with one church leader finding refuge in the U.S.
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Sep 19, 2026
The far-right AfD is campaigning in neighborhoods it previously would never have gone near, marking a noteworthy shift in the left-leaning capital city, where local elections take place on Sunday.
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Sep 19, 2026
Over the years NPR's Michele Kelemen has seen high stakes diplomacy play out at the UN General Assembly.
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Sep 19, 2026
The President of Sacramento State talks about their Black honors college -- and how schools are dealings with DEI under the Trump administration.
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Sep 19, 2026
The President of Sacramento State talks about their Black honors college -- and how schools are dealing with DEI under the Trump administration.
This story was produced with support from the Education Writers Association's Reporting Fellowship program.
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Sep 19, 2026
Researchers in Taiwan are racing to restore a crucial piece of the island's film history, before it's lost forever.
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Sep 19, 2026
NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Adéla, about the rising popstar's debut album, Prima.
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Sep 18, 2026
Carly Rae Jepsen has now been releasing critically-acclaimed pop music for more than a decade. And Friday, she's out with her eighth album, called Day and Night.
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Sep 18, 2026
Lane Kiffin brings his LSU Tigers to the University of Mississippi for a highly-anticipated football game. Kiffin led Ole Miss for the past few seasons but bolted for LSU, angering many.
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Sep 18, 2026
The center, a beacon of American arts and culture, is slated to be closed after a board vote. On Friday, a group called Hands Off the Arts is holding what they call a "joyful protest" outside.
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Sep 18, 2026
In spite of growing calls for Congress to take action on AI, the House went home early and won't be back until after this November's midterm elections.
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Sep 18, 2026
Russians head to the polls to choose lawmakers for their parliament, the Duma. It's Russia's first nationwide parliamentary race since launching its full scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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Sep 18, 2026
After the Concord Public Library in New Hampshire announced a fine freeze, a man has returned an overdue magazine published in 1894.
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Sep 18, 2026
The DOJ is making it easier for people convicted of felonies to have their gun rights restored. An estimated 330,000 people are expected to apply through the new process, which opens in mid-September.
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Sep 18, 2026
Status trackers are ubiquitous on online apps and ordering. We have the story the seminal Domino's Pizza Tracker that led to many copies, and we check on why many of the trackers now aren't accurate.
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Sep 18, 2026
Rhiannon Giddens is out with a new album. For her latest project — called Hope is the Thing With Feathers — Giddens went with BIG emotions.
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Sep 18, 2026
When it comes to housing, what's considered affordable all depends on how much you make. This could matter in a state that is home to a key Congressional race this election season.
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Sep 18, 2026
The International Rescue Committee warned that its goals of ending poverty, hunger, disease are failing. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the IRC's president about how to reverse course.
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Sep 18, 2026
Diesel prices soared to another record high today, averaging $6.44 a gallon. Trucking, farming, and flying is getting more expensive. But so far it hasn't crimped most Americans' spending.
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Sep 18, 2026
President Trump threatens to ban three major news organizations from the White House. It's his latest salvo in an ongoing war on the media.
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Sep 18, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Richard Haass, Council on Foreign Relations' president emeritus, about the Polish prime minister's warning that Russia may be planning attacks on NATO countries.
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Sep 18, 2026
An informal network of dialogues at think tanks and universities is bringing together experts from the U.S. and China to talk about the shared perils of AI — and possible paths forward.
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Sep 18, 2026
A bacterial infection is wiping out Florida's citrus trees. Growers hope a rootstock developed with gene-editing technology could keep the disease at bay.
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Sep 18, 2026
A heavily redacted email from last year, reported first by NPR, reveals that DHS personnel shared a list of jurisdictions that offer election materials in non-English languages. It's unclear why.
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Sep 17, 2026
Texas officials have tried to take action to punish clinics encouraging "birth tourism." But there are laws that can be used there, if there's evidence and they're enforced.
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Sep 17, 2026
A new study on ancient human remains finds evidence for the habitual use of betel nuts, dating back to the Ice Age. The finding offers some of the oldest archaeological evidence of psychoactive drug use, and potential insights into how use of betel nuts, now popular for their stimulant effects, evolved.
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