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A deal between White House and House Republican negotiators to raise the nation's borrowing limit still must pass Congress.

Commander Reid Wiseman and his crew spent Wednesday thanking all those who helped send them on the record-breaking flight.

In the first electoral temperature check in Minnesota since President Trump launched Operation Metro Surge to ramp up immigration enforcement in the state, voters had a lot to say.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces another grilling on Capitol Hill, a day after his testy exchanges with his former colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bad Bunny's new album, the films Slotherhouse and Birth/Rebirth, and the game show Taskmaster.

The trauma caused by hoax shooting calls is sometimes amplified by social media, as bad actors take advantage of the moment to spread misinformation.

Many people get nervous in social situations, but at what point do nerves turn into full blown social anxiety?

Soccer fans will learn Friday where their country will be playing in the FIFA World Cup 2026. The draw for the largest-ever tournament will take place in Washington, D.C.

A multistate lawsuit against Meta is putting a growing question in the spotlight: How does social media affect young people, and can its use become addictive?

If you're looking for advice on leadership, it's good to start with a four-star general. In his new memoir, former Secretary of State Colin Powell offers advice and anecdotes drawn from his childhood in the Bronx and his military career — and reflects candidly about the lead-up to the Iraq war.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with journalist Gil Duran, who was communications director for Vice President Kamala Harris when she was California’s state attorney general.

In Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt, author Ben Reeves imagines Death as an ordinary man. He talks with NPR's Scott Detrow about love, loss and what mortality can teach us about living.

Because of the pressures of work and daily life, many people don’t have time for leisure outside of work.

Airlines often damage or lose wheelchairs. Now the Biden administration is proposing new standards for how airlines accommodate passengers with disabilities.

Pakistanis have found reason to celebrate as the country hosts a major international cricket tournament for the first time in years.

Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration could reduce the number of scallops harvested this season. Less data about the health of the fishery forces lower limits on harvesting.

Some of the 43 monkeys that escaped from a research facility in South Carolina are still on the loose. Animal rights activists say the company that breeds them needs to be investigated.

Some people are already voting in this year's election, and some people are already planning to challenge the vote. We'll hear how election officials are trying to secure their work.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mayor Ken Miyagishima of Las Cruces, N.M., about how the city is preparing for migrants after the expiration of Title 42.

Alaska's Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race gets underway in March. Officials require participants to be vaccinated. Mushers also won't stop at one remote community to avoid possibly spreading the virus.

Half of Americans say they've had a major stressful event in the past year, according to a poll by NPR, the Harvard School of Public Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Here's how it hurts.

Clark was a baby in 1981 when her mother, a member of a radical left-wing group, acted as a getaway driver in the robbery of a Brink's truck. Her new novel is based on the years that followed.

Advocates for inoculation are distressed by what they see as a new political focus on an old public health measure.

For decades, the health insurance industry has been scaring Americans about Canada's health care system. We hear from a whistleblower about his role in the disinformation campaign.

"My father was not a good person, but he was a great character," Sedaris says. The humorist reflected on his late father in the memoir Happy-Go-Lucky. Originally broadcast May 31, 2022.