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Jan 15, 2026
As protests grow over violent ICE enforcement actions in Minneapolis, the president said he could invoke a centuries-old law that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military in U.S. cities.
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Jan 15, 2026
Starlink is illegal in Iran, but people are still using the satellite internet service to get around the government's internet shutdown.
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Jan 15, 2026
The nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy appear increasingly smothered a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown.
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Jan 15, 2026
Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years.
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Jan 15, 2026
For 24 hours, it was unclear which mental health and addiction programs would survive and who would still have jobs when the dust settled.
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Jan 15, 2026
Bushra Mahnoor remembers the shame she felt when she had her period as a teen and did not have the supplies she needed. Today she leads a campaign to lower prices for pads in Pakistan.
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Jan 15, 2026
Bushra Mahnoor remembers the shame she felt when she had her period as a teen and did not have the supplies she needed. Today she leads a campaign to lower prices for pads in Pakistan.
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Jan 15, 2026
The FBI searches the home of a Washington Post reporter as part of a leak investigation. And, the Trump administration restores $2B for mental health and addiction programs.
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Jan 15, 2026
Troops from several European countries, including France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, are arriving in Greenland after talks between Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. on Wednesday highlighted disagreement.
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Jan 15, 2026
People struggling with insomnia tend to hyperfocus on the fact that they can't sleep, which can prevent them from getting any shut-eye. Experts share effective practices to overcome sleep stress.
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Jan 15, 2026
Overall enrollment is up slightly at colleges and universities, driven by gains at community colleges and public four-year programs.
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Jan 15, 2026
Ugandans are voting in a tense presidential election as 81-year-old President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his four-decade rule amid an internet shutdown and heavy military deployment.
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Jan 15, 2026
Presidents James Monroe and Theodore Roosevelt helped shape a policy that rationalizes U.S. intervention in Latin America and elsewhere. But Trump has brought that idea to a whole new level.
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Jan 15, 2026
Four people from NASA's Crew-11 mission splashed down off San Diego successfully completing five months aboard the International Space Station. The trip was cut short due to a medical issue.
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Jan 15, 2026
Spanish prosecutors are studying allegations that Grammy-winning singer Julio Iglesias sexually assaulted two former employees at his residences in the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas.
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Jan 15, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security says the shooting happened after the agent came under attack. Protestors have taken to the streets in Minneapolis, clashing with federal agents, after Renee Macklin Good's killing last week.
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Jan 15, 2026
Hannah Natanson had a phone, two laptops and a Garmin watch seized. The Justice Department says this is part of an investigation into a Pentagon contractor accused of taking home classified information.
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Jan 14, 2026
Sweeping cuts to mental health and addiction programs worth more than $2 billion are being reversed. After a political backlash from Republicans and Democrats, the grant money will be restored.
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Jan 14, 2026
The resolution would have forced President Trump to get authorization from Congress before launching military operations in Venezuela. It was blocked after having previously advanced with GOP support.
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Jan 14, 2026
The State Department says it will suspend the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of 75 countries whose nationals are deemed likely to require public assistance while living in the United States.
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Jan 14, 2026
In November, California voters approved a new congressional map that could help Democrats win five more House seats and counter the Republican redistricting that President Trump has prompted in other states.
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Jan 14, 2026
The two sides agreed to create a working group to discuss ways to work through differences as President Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of Denmark's Arctic territory of Greenland.
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Jan 14, 2026
Some safety experts want California to stop the cutting of quartz countertops saying it can't be done safely. Lawmakers, meanwhile, contemplate a ban on workers' lawsuits against quartz manufacturers.
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Jan 14, 2026
In a case related to Illinois state law about the return of mail ballots, the U.S. Supreme Court says political candidates have the legal standing to challenge election policies.
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Jan 14, 2026
Scientists calculate that last year was one of the three hottest on record, along with 2024 and 2023. The trend indicates that warming could be speeding up, climate monitoring teams reported.
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Jan 14, 2026
Georgetown is moving Let Freedom Ring, its annual event celebrating the life of Martin Luther King, Jr., to the historic Howard Theatre in order to save money, the university said.
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Jan 14, 2026
Georgetown University is moving Let Freedom Ring, its annual event celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr., to the historical Howard Theatre in order to save money, the university said.
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Jan 14, 2026
Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin says she is under federal investigation for posting a video urging members of the military not to obey illegal orders.
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Jan 14, 2026
Rubio once called Trump a "con artist." He's now among his most loyal defenders. New Yorker writer Dexter Filkins describes Secretary of State Rubio's character, political transformation and ambition.
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Jan 14, 2026
A new study offers good news from Uganda — although the cuts in U.S. aid cast a shadow over the reduction in deaths of parents from HIV/AIDS.
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Jan 14, 2026
Here's a look at NPR's Global Health and Development coverage.
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Jan 14, 2026
The Trump administration sent hundreds of letters Tuesday terminating federal grants supporting mental health and drug addiction services.
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Jan 14, 2026
Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.
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Jan 14, 2026
Trump pitches affordability on a national tour to combat voter frustration. And, Minnesota federal prosecutors resign after DOJ pressure to probe Renee Macklin Good's widow.
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Jan 14, 2026
A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.
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Jan 14, 2026
The number of dead climbed to at least 2,571 early Wednesday, as reported by the U.S.-based Human Rights Activists News Agency, as Iranians made phone calls abroad for the first time in days.
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Jan 14, 2026
Iran's judiciary head signaled Wednesday there would be fast trials and executions ahead for suspects detained in nationwide protests despite a warning from President Trump.
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Jan 14, 2026
We found the effects of tariffs and extreme weather, relief (finally!) in the egg cooler, plus one case of shrinkflation.
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Jan 14, 2026
The FBI is solely leading the inquiry into the killing of Renee Macklin Good by ICE agent Jonathan Ross without help from Minnesota authorities. Legal experts explain why the move is unusual and why joint investigations are the norm.
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Jan 14, 2026
In an unprecedented move, NASA is bringing an astronaut crew home early from the International Space Station because one astronaut has an undisclosed medical condition.
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Jan 14, 2026
In an unprecedented move, NASA is bringing an astronaut crew home early from the International Space Station because one astronaut has an undisclosed medical condition.
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Jan 14, 2026
The fires affected millions of people in the region. It could take years to understand the health consequences, but ongoing research is helping to prepare people to weather the next fires more safely.
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Jan 14, 2026
It's not just the quintessential corporate jargon word. "Synergy" goes back hundreds of years, with history in Christianity, medicine and psychology.
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Jan 14, 2026
Homeless women face unique health challenges with few dedicated resources. And as the number of women experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles continues to grow, Dr. Mary Marfisee hopes to bring them lifesaving resources.
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Jan 14, 2026
Some teen boys are determined to grow more muscular to match their social media idols. Gym-going and manipulating their diet can become compulsive — and dangerous.
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Jan 14, 2026
A construction crane fell onto a moving passenger train, causing a fiery derailment that killed at least 29 people Wednesday in northeastern Thailand. Another 64 people were injured.
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Jan 14, 2026
The derailment, in northeastern Thailand, occurred on part of an ambitious planned high-speed rail project that will eventually connect China with much of Southeast Asia.
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Jan 14, 2026
China's trade surplus surged to a record of almost $1.2 trillion in 2025, the government said Wednesday, as exports to other countries made up for slowing shipments to the U.S. under President Donald Trump's onslaught of higher tariffs.
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Jan 14, 2026
U.S. Vice President JD Vance will meet Denmark's foreign minister and his Greenlandic counterpart in Washington on Wednesday to discuss the Arctic island, at the center of a geopolitical storm.
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Jan 13, 2026
Civil rights pioneer Claudette Colvin has died. She was 86. Her 1955 arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a segregated Montgomery bus helped spark the modern civil rights movement.
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Jan 13, 2026
House Republicans are seeking testimony as part of their investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The Clintons say they've already provided in writing what little they know.
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Jan 13, 2026
Federal officials say a company that operates hundreds of landing pages for AI answers is running an operation that has duped thousands of users, who were unable to stop costly monthly charges.
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Jan 13, 2026
As immigration enforcement actions have ramped up in Minnesota, people of faith have been at the forefront of the response to ICE detentions and the killing of Renee Macklin Good by a federal agent.
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Jan 13, 2026
To date, 27 states have enacted laws barring transgender participation in sports.
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Jan 13, 2026
Adams announced in May that he was dying of metastatic prostate cancer. Thousands of newspapers carried his strip satirizing office culture from the '90s until a controversy in 2023.
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Jan 13, 2026
There is broad support for the protests among Israeli officials, but Palestinians say they hope the Iranian regime stays in place and the protests die down soon.
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Jan 13, 2026
The EPA won't consider the economic costs of harms to human health, at least for now. Legal and health experts are concerned that the change could make it easier for the agency to roll back rules.
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Jan 13, 2026
Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration over unconstitutional ICE conduct. And, SCOTUS hears two cases on whether states can bar transgender athletes from women's sports.
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Jan 13, 2026
Wildfires last January destroyed communities around Los Angeles. Homeowners say recovery has been slowed by fights with insurers to get their claims paid.
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Jan 13, 2026
A historian of modern China, Jung Chang turns the lens back on herself in her newest book to understand how she sees the world and why she writes about China today.
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Jan 13, 2026
The first case involves an Idaho student barred by state law from trying out for the track team; the second was brought by a West Virginia middle schooler barred by state law from competing.
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Jan 13, 2026
The planned closure of the San Francisco Immigration Court comes as immigration judges spent the last year facing pressure to move through their caseloads faster and streamline deportations.
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Jan 13, 2026
The speech at the Detroit Economic Club comes after major foreign policy moves have overshadowed domestic policy.
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Jan 13, 2026
A Justice Department probe of the Federal Reserve marks the latest escalation in the Trump administration's effort to bend the independent central bank to the president's will.
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Jan 13, 2026
Iranians could call abroad on Tuesday for the first time since communications were halted during a crackdown on nationwide protests in which activists said at least 646 people have been killed.
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Jan 13, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence chatbot Grok will join Google's generative AI engine in operating inside the Pentagon network, as part of a broader push to feed as much of the military's data as possible into the developing technology.
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Jan 12, 2026
A federal judge ruled Monday that work on a major offshore wind farm can resume, handing the industry at least a temporary victory as President Trump seeks to shut it down.
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Jan 12, 2026
More than 2,000 federal immigration agents are in Minnesota, and that number is expected to increase. On Monday, an NPR reporter witnessed multiple instances where immigration agents drove around Minneapolis — and in parking lots of big box stores — and randomly questioned people about their immigration status.
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Jan 12, 2026
People across the country gathered to protest against ICE over the past week.
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Jan 12, 2026
After the social media app's AI chatbot started generating sexualized images of women and children, two countries have blocked it and several more have launched investigations.
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Jan 12, 2026
Many countries around the world including the US face aging and shrinking populations. Conservative groups have taken the lead talking about the issue. Some liberal thinkers say it's time to talk about the global population shift and offer progressive solutions
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Jan 12, 2026
There's a growing move to end what some call "the orphan tax" and stop states from taking benefit checks from children and youth in foster care.
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Jan 12, 2026
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention dropped its advice that kids get an annual flu shot at a time when flu cases and hospitalizations are surging.
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Jan 12, 2026
With credit card interest rates near modern highs, President Trump says he wants to cap the rates for one year.
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Jan 12, 2026
The judge ordered the restoration of nearly $12 million in funding to the American Academy of Pediatrics, including money for rural health care and the identification of disabilities in children.
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Jan 12, 2026
The Trump administration will send hundreds of additional federal agents to Minnesota. And, here are the figure skaters who will represent Team USA in the Olympics.
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Jan 12, 2026
The killing of Renee Good by an ICE agent sparked protests across Minneapolis. Federal authorities have taken over the investigation and say they're sending more Homeland Security agents to Minnesota.
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Jan 12, 2026
Sixteen U.S. figure skaters are competing in all four Olympic disciplines: men's, women's, pairs and ice dance. The team includes a mix of seasoned vets, world champions and rising stars.
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Jan 12, 2026
New research shows exercise is as effective as medication at reducing symptoms of depression. And you don't need to run a marathon to see benefits. So how much is enough?
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Jan 12, 2026
Who gets to be a parent has been reshaped by IVF: Single women in their 40s are increasingly opting to become moms.
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Jan 12, 2026
While Congress debates bringing back Affordable Care Act subsidies , many Americans have already made life-altering decisions to afford health care.
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Jan 12, 2026
Venezuela has freed a handful of detainees in what it calls a gesture of national unity. Rights groups say releases are slow and the country's repressive system remains in place.
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Jan 12, 2026
Now that the holiday gift-giving season is over, parents may be looking for ways to recycle or donate their children's old toys. Here's what you need to know about recycling responsibly.
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Jan 12, 2026
Some celebrities donned anti-ICE pins at the Golden Globes on Sunday in tribute to Renee Good, who was shot and killed by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer last week in Minneapolis.
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Jan 12, 2026
Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk's xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images.
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Jan 12, 2026
President Trump said Sunday that Iran proposed negotiations after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its crackdown targeting demonstrators. Activists say at least 544 have died.
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Jan 12, 2026
President Trump said Sunday that Iran wants to negotiate with Washington after his threat to strike the Islamic Republic over its bloody crackdown on protesters.
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Jan 12, 2026
Hundreds of protesters have been killed in Iran, rights groups say, as President Trump threatened "strong" military action.
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Jan 11, 2026
A suspect is charged with arson in a fire that burned through a synagogue in Mississippi. Flames and smoke destroyed its library, housing Torahs.
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Jan 11, 2026
The Justice Department has subpoenaed the Fed over chair Jerome Powell's testimony over the central bank's headquarters renovation. Powell calls it part of a pressure campaign over interest rates.
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Jan 11, 2026
The Justice Department has subpoenaed the Fed over Chair Jerome Powell's testimony over the central bank's headquarters renovation. Powell calls it part of a pressure campaign over interest rates.
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Jan 11, 2026
The brightest stars in TV and film kicked off the 83rd annual Golden Globes tonight in Beverly Hills, Calif. with Ariana Grande, Noah Wyle, Teyana Taylor and George Clooney are just some the names who walked the red carpet.
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Jan 11, 2026
A new portrait of President Trump is on display at the National Portrait Gallery's "America's Presidents" exhibition. Text accompanying the portrait removes references to Trump's impeachments.
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Jan 11, 2026
As Iran's protests enter a third week, the country's president blames foreign powers for the unrest, and warns it will retaliate if the US intervenes militarily.
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Jan 11, 2026
The U.S. Figure Skating National Championships brought the who's who of the sport to St. Louis. St. Louis Public Radio Visuals Editor Brian Munoz left a new fan of the Olympic sport.
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Jan 11, 2026
A memo from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, obtained by NPR, instructs her staff that visits should be requested at least seven days in advance.
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Jan 11, 2026
The result marks the first time in 117 years that a side from outside the major national leagues has eliminated the reigning FA Cup holders.
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Jan 11, 2026
Latin America's left is in disarray after the seizure of Nicolas Maduro and the U.S.'s pledge to take over Venezuela's oil industry. Many on the left are changing their rhetoric about President Trump.
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Jan 11, 2026
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Peter Krause of Boston College about the Trump Administration's willingness to act unilaterally against other countries and what this means for international relations.
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Jan 11, 2026
Initial joy among Venezuela's diaspora in Chile has given way to caution, as questions grow over what Maduro's capture means for the country — and for those who fled it.
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