GOP lawmakers in swing districts insist they will not vote for any proposal that strips benefits, placing them at odds with ...

The Trump administration slashed funding for the national service agency and fired most of its staff. 32,000 people, mostly ...

A federal court says Alabama can't use a congressional map it found unconstitutional. The ruling comes in a voting rights ...

Casey Means, President Trump's new pick for U.S. surgeon general faces questions about her medical qualifications. And ...

After decades of philanthropy following the success of Microsoft, Bill Gates is winding down his namesake charity. What's he ...

Pope Leo XIV is the first Augustinian friar ever to be selected to lead the Catholic Church. The Villanova graduate was ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Reverend William Lego, of St Turibius Parish in Chicago, who attended seminary with Pope Leo XIV.

People traveled to the Vatican from all over the world to witness the election of a new pope. Those from the United States were not disappointed.

A Soviet spacecraft launched back in 1972, known as Kosmos 482, is expected to fall back to Earth. The Soviet Union tried to send the lander to Venus, but it never made it.

What actually counts as a Chinese product these days? NPR's Planet Money explains the counterintuitive rules behind what counts as a "country of origin" or "Made in China." ...

Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy has unveiled a sweeping plan to overhaul the country's aging air traffic control system — a proposal that's being met with both applause and skepticism.

President Trump signed an executive order telling white Afrikaans South Africans they could apply for refugee status in the U ...