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President Trump has been trying to bully the Federal Reserve into cutting interest rates. It's a gambit that could lead to more inflation.

Last year, Alabama failed to execute two men by lethal injection. The state will again try to execute a man using the same method. What do the failed attempts mean for the future of lethal injection?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Dr. Juan Sanchez, CEO of Southwest Key Programs and Alexia Rodriguez, vice president of Immigrant Children's Services about the facilities that children are being sent to after being separated from their families at the border.

The Seattle Storm lost its semifinal game on Tuesday, bringing a bittersweet end to what the 41-year-old had said would be her final season. She retires as the winningest WNBA player of all time.

Responding to charges that President Donald Trump's tax and spending bill would cut Medicaid coverage for millions of Americans, Trump administration officials misleadingly counter that it targets only waste, fraud and abuse.

President Trump blamed the Dallas ICE facility shooting on "radical leftists." Juliette Kayyem, a former Homeland Security official, talks about whether the evidence support his claim.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Leslie B. Jones, former Director of Historical Resources & Programming for the White House Historical Association, about the demolition of the White House East Wing.

Geoffrey Berman served as U.S. Attorney in the Southern District. In his memoir, Holding the Line, he describes how the Dept. of Justice demanded he use his office to aid the Trump administration.

As autoworkers' real wages fall, top executives at the Big Three carmakers continue to earn tens of millions of dollars each year — hundreds of times more than the median employee.

Brooke Borel's new book describes their history and how they hide, bite and reproduce. Borel, who has combated them herself, says an infestation "does mess with your mind a little bit."

With Hurricane Dorian looming over Florida, emergency management officials are gearing up.Their biggest concern in the Tampa Bay region right now is…

In the band's latest video, for the song "Cover Me," enduring a broken heart is like a rudderless drift through the icy, airless emptiness of outer space.

From its association with workers' rights in the 19th century to its inclusion in a video game, the famous old Italian song "Bella Ciao" has an evolving legacy.

There were long lines at Logan Airport this morning as passengers queued up for help. The airlines have begun canceling flights to comply with a federal order related to the government shutdown.

"It feels like we're not being considered and we're not being included," says survivor Annie Farmer, who testified against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

The NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest got nearly 7,000 entries this year. Here are some of the notable jazz entries.

Author J. M. DeMatteis and illustrator Mike Ploog are the creators of a series of graphic novels called Abadazad. The books concern a modern-day girl who discovers a 19th century novel and the elderly woman who had been the inspiration for those stories. It's a dark tale, something the authors thought was important to do — the heroine is cool and tough enough to make her palatable even to little boys. Michele Norris talks to DeMatteis and Ploog.

Upwards of 200 people wrote letters on behalf and against former Congresswoman Corrine Brown prior to her sentencing in a fraud trial earlier this month.

Bowing to a demand by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Florida Senate on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a measure that would allow patients to smoke medical...

The canal is being widened to handle much larger ships. But after five years of building, the project is expected to cost at least $1.6 billion more than planned. The builders and the canal operators both say the other side should pay.

The University of South Florida has been awarded by far the largest grant in the state to hire "navigators" who help uninsured people sign up for health...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., about the Republican's plan for new COVID-19 relief legislation and his meeting with President Biden Monday on winning bipartisan support.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with the executive director of the World Food Program, Cindy McCain, about the urgency of humanitarian need in Gaza.

Zelenskyy was at the White House to finalize a deal on minerals, which Trump has said is a step toward a broader peace deal he is trying to broker. But no deal was signed and the visit was cut short.

Saying he's not afraid of the had work that it will take to make the USF men's basketball program successful - and also not afraid to wear his emotions on…