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Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Billy Long is stepping down. Jacob Bogage, White House economic correspondent at the Washington Post, talks with NPR's Ari Shapiro.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that he hopes Hamas will have returned all remaining hostages by Oct. 13.

When Pierce Forde was hit by a car while riding his motorcycle in the 1990s, a stranger stayed by his side. Forde says he wouldn't be alive without that man's help.

A federal report out today reinforces that states have huge differences in their definition of "proficiency."

Forty years ago this month, the comedic basketball troupe, the Harlem Globetrotters, added a woman to its roster. NPR's Ashley Montgomery has the story of legendary athlete Lynette Woodard.

North Korea said Wednesday its recent test-firings of sea-to-surface cruise missiles were successful, in another display of its growing military capabilities as U.S. President Donald Trump visits South Korea.

In the wake of Charlie Kirk's death, some Americans have lost their jobs for their posts about the killing on social media.

Florida officials decided Tuesday to set aside nearly three acres of prime downtown Miami real estate next to the historic Freedom Tower as a potential site of the future presidential library of President Donald Trump.

The president said that Nvidia would pay the government in exchange for easing export restrictions — and that he'd initially asked for a larger cut.

On Friday, a gunman opened fire on the CDC campus in Atlanta and a police officer was killed. The shooting has left employees uncertain about how safe they are at their jobs.

The centenarian co-founder of Colorado's first Black ski club has died. Val Tanaka is being remembered for sharing the joy of skiing with everyone, regardless of race.

It's been 40 years since musicians came together to raise money for foreign aid and reshaped attitudes toward international development.

Meteorological fall across is expected to be warmer and wetter across the Southeast. Forecasters are highlighting warmer sea surface temperatures across a large part of the Atlantic basin as being one of the root causes.

Republicans say the bill would keep age-inappropriate books off school shelves. Opponents warn it would dramatically boost book removals in Florida — again.

House Republicans released a short-term spending bill to fund the government until late November but Democrats are calling for further changes.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs about the integrity of the 2024 election. Krebs was fired by President Trump after he vouched for the integrity of the 2020 election.

Possible cuts to NIH funding could significantly impact research institutions in Alabama, a state that has voted overwhelmingly for President Trump.

It's been 20 years since the tobacco quota, which guaranteed prices for the crop, was outlawed. Since then the number of farms growing tobacco in Kentucky has shrunk by 96%.

Study in the Lancet finds that with US and European cuts to foreign assistance programs the provide AIDS treatments and medicines there will be millions of news cases and deaths from AIDS in the coming years. Reporter: Emanuel; Editor: Davis

The seven states that share the Colorado River have a 2026 deadline for a new sharing agreement. The Biden administration this week encouraged them to hurry, in an apparent attempt to limit the incoming Trump administration's influence.

Drugmaker Evita Solutions announced on its website that the Food and Drug Administration signed off on its low-cost form of the pill, which is approved to end pregnancies through 10 weeks.

Smaller publications that cover the Pentagon are likely to be the most affected by a new press policy put into place by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

The NAACP this week launched a sweeping ad campaign to mobilize Black voters in swing states. One ad addresses young Black men -- a key demographic for the Harris campaign.

It happened not far from the town of Chibok, where over 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped in April. Audie Cornish speaks with Tim Cocks, Reuters Nigeria bureau chief, based in Lagos.