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How HIV researchers overcame setbacks and kept a vaccine trial going
Scientists say research into a vaccine for HIV is further along than it’s ever been.
But Trump administration cuts to scientific research have s...
How Trump moves political norms – both slowly and suddenly
In the first year of his second term, President Trump has repeatedly said and done things that were previously assumed to be unacceptable to voters.
Trump is escalating European tensions. What are the consequences?
President Trump’s insistence that the U.S. acquire Greenland could become a major international crisis.
He's now threatened tariffs on eight NAT...
Trump is rewriting the rules of the economy…is it ‘crony capitalism’?
President Trump has spent his first year back in office blurring the lines between business and government.
The administration ha...
Beth Israel Congregation rebuilds after arson, saying "there's healing that comes"
A week after an arson fire at Mississippi's oldest synagogue, Rachel Myers, a leader of the congregation's religious school, talks about how the congr...
How the Trump Justice Department is targeting his perceived opponents
Under the Trump administration, federal prosecutors have been sent to investigate federal lawmakers, the chairman of the Federal Reserve and the widow...
Do federal agents have 'absolute immunity?'
Vice President J.D. Vance says the ICE officer who shot and killed Renee Macklin Good last week has "absolute immunity." Some legal experts have pushe...
Reflections on an 'electrifying' round of protest in Iran
What began two weeks ago as a demonstration against an economic crisis has become a broader antigovernment movement, in cities and towns across Iran.<...
What happens if the Fed loses its independence?
The Trump Justice Department has subpoenaed the Federal Reserve for information related to its multibillion-dollar renovation of the Fed's headquarter...
What do we know about what's happening in Iran?
What do we know about what's happening in Iran?
The country has been rocked by days of large antigovernment protests...
How powerful is Stephen Miller?
As the deputy chief of staff for policy and one of President Trump’s longest-serving aides, Stephen Miller has been the driving force behind many of T...
Reporting on the invasion of Venezuela
NPR International Correspondent Eyder Peralta has covered conflicts and crises from East Africa to Latin America. Sometimes just getting in place to c...
Poll finds Americans concerned as Trump accelerates global intervention
President Trump raised eyebrows when he told the New York Times that there was only one thing that could stop him on the global stage: his own moralit...
Is the Trump foreign policy back to the future?
"Make America great again."
That phrase has been in our political ecosystem for 10 years now.
Bu...
An immigration crackdown gone wrong. What do we know?
Today in Minneapolis, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer allegedly shot and killed a woman.
ICE says she was shot in her car...
What it's like inside a Darfur camp
For almost three years, a civil war has decimated Sudan’s Darfur region.
Bob Kitchen, who leads emergency humanitarian programs for the Interna...
The U.S. indicts Maduro. What's it mean for the rest of the world?
Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro and his wife, politician and attorney Cilia Flores, made their first court appearance in New York City Monday afternoon, wh...
Inside the Jan. 6 Capitol riot: Part 2 of 2
In this NPR investigation, we take a close look at the brutal violence that took place on Jan. 6, 2021, the investigation that followed, and the campa...
Inside the Jan. 6 Capitol riot: Part 1 of 2
In this NPR investigation, we take a close look at the brutal violence that took place on Jan. 6, 2021, the investigation that followed, and the campa...
U.S. will run Venezuela after military seized Maduro, President Trump says
In early morning hours of January 3rd, the US military launched an operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of Venezuelan President Nicholas Mad...
Can the global economy handle a world with fewer kids?
Ashley and Nick Evancho say raising their young daughter, Sophia, is one of the most joyous things they've ever done. But the Evanchos also made a dec...
Tips to set yourself up for success in 2026
The new year is a time to set goals. But daily life often gets in the way of meeting our ambitions. NPR’s Life Kit podcast host Marielle Segarra give...
What Bad Bunny means to Puerto Ricans
This summer, the island of Puerto Rico was under the thrall of Bad Bunny. His 31-concert residency at a stadium in San Juan was a homecoming for the g...
Our picks for the 2025 movies you should watch this holiday season
Hollywood had another quiet year at cinemas. Box office income hasn’t bounced back to pre-pandemic highs. But ticket sales aren’t always an indication...
Daniel Day-Lewis was retired. His son is just getting started
Eight years ago, Daniel Day-Lewis announced he was retired from acting. He offered no further comment. Retirement notwithstanding, in October, Daniel...
How Trump is leveraging sports and sports culture for his political brand
President Trump is using his position to access sporting events across the country and embed himself with teams and fans. And he’s leveraging sports a...
'It's a calling,' says Korva Coleman on reporting the facts every hour, every day
Day in and day out - it’s NPR’s Newscast team delivering the most immediate news to our audience more than anyone else. NPR's Tamara Keith talks to Ko...
U.S. foreign aid changed in 2025 – and it was felt around the world
On the night of his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order that froze almost all international assistance.
What f...
Remembering the World War I Christmas truce
In the months after World War I erupted, young men in Europe were killing each other by the tens of thousands. Yet on a frozen Christmas Eve in 1914,...
Singer Brenda Lee on her enduring Christmas classic
Singer Brenda Lee reflects on the enduring power of her Christmas classic "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree."
For sponsor-free e...
Science funding was hit in 2025. What does that mean for the future?
2025 was a hard year for science. The Trump administration upended federal funding for all kinds of scientific pursuits, slashing budgets across agenc...
How the Trump administration stripped legal status from 1.6 million immigrants
The Trump administration has removed over 600,000 people without legal status from the U.S. through deportation this year, according to the Department...
We use our smartphones for just about everything - why not voting?
Entrepreneur, political strategist and philanthropist Bradley Tusk argues his new online voting tech could revolutionize participation in American ele...
The U.S. spent billions to rebuild Afghanistan. Was it successful?
A new report from U.S. government watchdog SIGAR gives us the fullest accounting yet of U.S. efforts to rebuild Afghanistan.
In short, they call...
The cream of the slop: this year's AI highlights
2025 has proved that artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping online reality and that the “slop” is here to stay.
NPR’...
Rob Reiner loved America. He thought it could be better
Rob Reiner spent his life trying to fix what he saw as America’s shortcomings. In an interview shortly before his death he explained why he was optimi...
What's Trump's Venezuela endgame?
The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Venezuela and its leader. What is the ultimate goal?
President Trump sa...
The U.S. is interested in Venezuelan oil, but that's not all
Tensions between Venezuela and the U.S. have been growing over the past few months. And last Wednesday, the pressure point was oil.
What we know about the rise in antisemitic attacks in Australia and around the world
On Sunday, during a celebration for the first day of Hanukkah, a father and son opened fire on Bondi Beach near Sydney. Killing or wounding dozens of...
'She's going to return to Venezuela,' says daughter of Maria Corina Machado
Venezuelan leader and activist Maria Corina Machado’s perilous journey to Oslo made headlines this week, but that was just the start of a new phase of...