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Expensive and exhausting: Why caregivers need to care for themselves, too
Caregiving services for seniors can easily cost more each year than what the average American makes. And health insurers, both government and private,...
How Chicago's ICE resistance was born
Activists in Chicago have been tracking federal immigration enforcement agents' movements, following their cars and alerting neighbors with whistles....
When it comes to the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, it's complicated
President Trump is deepening the U.S. relationship with Saudi Arabia, despite the government coming under fire for human right abuses, despite the con...
Republicans targeted abortion providers. Some Mainers lost primary care
Maine Family Planning clinics treat STDs, bronchitis and tick bites. Because they also provide abortions, they've been hit by a new federal law that c...
Tornado recovery in St. Louis is a mess. The city blames Trump's FEMA changes
It's been six months since a tornado hit St. Louis and damaged more than five thousand buildings and homes.
Residents and local officials say t...
What it takes to make a Tiny Desk Concert
NPR's concert series Tiny Desk, first launched on a whim in 2008, attracts millions of viewers. We hear from two members of the NPR music team on what...
A Rolex, a gold bar, a trade deal and the ethics of presidential gifts
At a recent gathering of Swiss business executives in the White House, the CEO of Rolex presented President Trump with a gold-plated desk clock.
...
'Is this really happening?' National Guard Members on Trump Deployments
A group of National Guard members in Ohio are using an encrypted group chat to work out how they're feeling as President Trump deploys Guard troops to...
Democrats have released more Epstein emails. What next?
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released emails to and from Jeffrey Epstein that suggest Donald Trump may have known about Epstein’s s...
Why Fetterman still thinks his party is wrong on Israel, shutdown & the working class
When John Fetterman won Pennsylvania's senate seat in 2022, Democrats across the country treated him as a hero and an example of a path forward for th...
FDA reverses decades of guidance on hormone therapy for menopause
The FDA is removing the black box warning on estrogen therapy after two decades. Should it?
Women who want to use es...
'Affordability,' and the repercussions of the increasing global wealth gap
‘Affordability’ was the word that resonated across America during elections last week, reflecting voters’ demand for elected officials to address the...
What this week’s elections could mean for the midterms
Tuesday’s election was the first time voters registered how they’re feeling since President Trump entered the White House.
And after Democratic...
Nancy Pelosi announces end to nearly four decades in Congress
Nancy Pelosi is arguably the most powerful woman in American history. After her election to Congress in 1987, she accumulated more and more power, eve...
Tariffs aren't a presidential power, says California Attorney General
Next year, the Supreme Court will decide whether the President can use a five decade old emergency powers act to shape the U.S. economy.
Trump i...
Tariffs are going to the Supreme Court. What's at stake?
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a major case about the administration’s use of tariffs.
President Trump has long touted...
Trump is slashing the number of refugees. What does that mean?
Every year the President of the United States determines how many refugees can enter this country. The law says he must consult Congress on this numbe...
Trump calls alleged smugglers 'unlawful combatants'. That term has a history.
The legal definition of the term 'unlawful combatants' was used to justify detaining people at Guantanamo indefinitely, without ever charging them wit...
Why this episode wouldn't work in print
From recording a snoring elephant to figuring out how to be a mime during an interview, three former print journalists talk about how telling an audio...
Could next week's elections predict the political future?
Voters head to the polls next week in California, Virginia and New Jersey among other states.
Senior national political correspondent Mara Lias...
Here's what could happen if Obamacare subsidies aren't extended
It’s a critical week regarding the Affordable Care Act, which is at the center of the government shutdown impasse. “Window shopping" began for some pe...
Unpacking The U.S. Economy’s ‘Cockroach’ Problem
When companies need a loan, traditionally they turn to a bank.
But increasingly they’re turning to financial firms that are not re...
Can the global economy handle a world with fewer kids?
Ashley and Nick Evancho say raising their 3-year-old, Sophia, is one of the most joyous things they've ever done. But the Evanchos also made a decisio...
What happens if Antifa is labeled a foreign terrorist organization
In a public roundtable, President Trump asked his secretary of state, Marco Rubio, to apply the designation to Antifa.
NPR's Ryan...
Netanyahu's political future and what the 'BibiSitters' want from him
A delegation of high-level US officials were recently sent to Israel to try to hold the fragile Gaza truce together. The Israeli press called them the...
Congress is investigating cases of U.S. citizens detained in immigration raids
U.S. citizens have been arrested in the Trump Administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown. According to ProPublica, at least 170 have been arres...
Was this NBA betting scandal inevitable?
The FBI arrested multiple people tied to the NBA in a wide-ranging illegal gambling probe. The NBA and other major sports leagues have been deepening...
The Trump administration says left-wing terrorism in the US is on the rise. Is it?
For many years, the far right has been the most lethal and persistent source of domestic terrorism in the U.S.
But the assassinat...
Philadelphia is solving homicides at the fastest rate in 40 years. Here's how
It's getting harder to get away with murder in Philadelphia.
Violent crime has fallen sharply -- like it has in many other cities.
And Phi...
When ICE offers job opportunities in small towns
The Trump administration's push to expand immigration enforcement -- as part of its deportation efforts -- has created job opportunities in small town...
A rare bipartisan move to rein in Donald Trump on Venezuela
Following repeated U.S attacks on boats off the coast of Venezuela, Senator Tim Kaine has partnered with fellow Democrat Senator Adam Schiff and Repub...
What is needed to keep the ceasefire on track?
Veteran Middle East correspondent Jane Arraf has seen peace deals fall apart many times in her decades covering the region. She talks about what she i...
Farmers already had it bad. The shutdown made it worse.
America’s farmers are getting walloped by the federal government shutdown.
The closing of government offices means they’ve lost access to...
We may be in an AI bubble. What does that mean?
Is the AI boom an AI bubble? Wall Street and Silicon Valley increasingly think so.
This week JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said "a lot o...
The fighting in Gaza has stopped. But dire conditions persist.
“A New and Beautiful day is rising.” That’s what President Trump told a gathering of world leaders this week.
He was speaking of the ceas...
The targets of Trump's DOJ are already paying a price
At President Trump’s public urging, the Justice Department has brought criminal charges against some of his perceived political enemies. NPR Justice C...
Justice Anthony Kennedy's book is not boring
As a justice on the Supreme Court, Anthony Kennedy wrote some big opinions.
He was appointed by President Reagan, and most often voted wi...
Hostage's brother-in-law: we haven't matured enough as a region to coexist peacefully
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Moshe Lavi, the brother-in-law of Omri Miran, who has been held hostage by Hamas since October 7, 2023. Lavi explains...
Jake Sullivan tried to get a Gaza peace deal. Here's what he thinks of Trump's
A ceasefire is now in effect between Israel and Hamas, and the Israeli military has pulled back from certain positions in the Gaza Strip. In the comin...
Will a ceasefire deal move forward after two years of war between Israel and Hamas?
After two years of bloodshed, Israel and Hamas have agreed to phase one of a ceasefire deal.
It’s a moment of hope — and some skepticism ...