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NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Washington Post reporter Isaac Stanley-Becker who helped uncover links between Rep. George Santos of New York, and a businessman with ties to a sanctioned Russian oligarch.

A record number of Americans have health insurance right now, but experts worry it won't last. millions of people are set to lose Medicaid, and some states have already begun to send warning letters.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Ron Eichner, the owner of Eichner's Family Farm in Wexford, Pa., about how rising production costs and the avian flu are inflating the price of eggs.

Protesters say Apple has kept tools that help circumvent censorship in China off its App store inside the country. Now it has to contend with pressure from Chinese citizens who aren't happy about it.

Three agents tell Congress they tried to sound alarms about an operation in which federal officers watched AK-47s being sold to people who would pass them to Mexican cartels. The whistle-blowers said they wanted to arrest the buyers, but their bosses directed them not to. Now more than 1,000 guns tied to the operation are missing.

Megan Rice, an 85-year-old Catholic nun and anti-nuclear activist, is at a crowded facility in Brooklyn. Her friends warn of deplorable conditions there, including a lack of health care.

Army Corps officials say the plan scheduled to begin in June will take another six months after federal environmental officials decided to issue a more rigorous review.

At the trial of John Edwards on Thursday, attention turned to the actual jury and its verdict. It was a switch from earlier days, when alternates dubbed the "giggle gang" stole the show. Their actions were relatively benign, but there is precedent for shenanigans in the jury pool at U.S. trials.

The Republican-led House voted to expel Reps. Justin Jones and Justin Pearson for participating in a protest on the floor of the House over gun laws. A motion to remove Rep. Gloria Johnson failed.

Kwame Brathwaite spent some six decades chronicling Black life, culture and activism. He's credited with helping found the "Black is Beautiful" movement.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizes for the layoffs, which represent the first large-scale workforce reduction in the company's 18-year history.

Twitter employees who've quit say risks are growing of service outages, glitches and even hacks on the influential social network.

Eurovision organizers announced a set of new changes that give more power to voters and let more viewers vote.

When Microsoft introduced Windows 8 last year, the software giant billed the new operating system as one of the most critical releases in its history. The system would bridge the gap between personal computers and the fast-growing mobile world of tablets and smartphones. But this week, the company sent signals that it might soon alter Windows 8 to address some early criticism.

President Trump spoke to graduates of a prestigious FBI training program. Before he arrived in Virginia, Trump called the FBI's work "disgraceful" and said what happened at the bureau was "a shame."

Two northeastern universities have gone public with plans to recruit students from New College amid changes to move the liberal institution in a more conservative direction.

As sea levels rise, saltwater intrusion and heat will create challenges for certain plants and trees to survive in the coming years, and Florida is on the front lines.

As schools reopen across the U.S., some regions are having trouble finding enough teachers to fill vacancies. But others see a big disconnect between training and the needs of districts.

The Broward County School Board was poised to vote on the contract of incoming superintendent Peter Licata on Thursday, beginning a new era of leadership for the district. But not enough board members showed up to take a vote, meaning his planned start on Monday will be delayed by days, if not weeks.

May Day immigration marches draw tens of thousands of people, capping a year of political activism by organizers who want immigration laws overhauled. But turnout for Tuesday's demonstrations was down from a year ago.

Sheila O'Connor never knew her maternal grandmother, who was imprisoned in a state reform school when she became pregnant at 15. But now, she's reconstructed her grandmother's life in fictional form.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Monika Alesnik of the Homeless Leadership Alliance of Pinellas about how the group is preparing unhoused people for the arrival of Hurricane Idalia.

After some prominent scandals involving U.S. security officials in Colombia, new allegations of sex crimes are getting some traction there.

Former New Mexico governor Bill Richardson says the Democratic party is losing white male voters. He talks to NPR's Scott Simon about how the party can appeal to a broader demographic.

Days after a police raid and the death of a co-owner, the Marion County Record, a small weekly newspaper, raced to publish. The raid was criticized as a potential first amendment violation.