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The head of the Wagner Group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is back in Russia, according to the leader of Belarus, who helped end the mercenary group's uprising against Russia's military leadership.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Clint Henderson, a reporter and editor at the travel website The Points Guy, about major delays for passport renewals this summer.

Iowa Democrats will decide their nominee for a competitive U.S. Senate race Tuesday. The state also has surprisingly competitive elections for U.S. House and the governor's office in November.

Lawmakers say the thwarted attack on the White House Correspondents' Association dinner raises questions about Secret Service protection. Some say it highlights the need for a White House ballroom.

Snowboarder Chloe Kim's quest for an Olympic halfpipe three-peat was foiled by her protégé. Kim took home silver, edged out in the final round by 17-year-old Gaon Choi of South Korea.

The U.S. has agreed to release more than 150 million barrels of oil from its strategic petroleum reserve. What does that mean for the stockpile located in salt caverns along the Gulf Coast?

Ukraine's president says he will look into changing the constitution to hold wartime elections or a referendum on ceding territory to Russia amid ongoing peace talks to end the war.

War chokes the Strait of Hormuz, leaving hundreds of oil tankers and container ships stranded and raising alarms of a looming global energy shock and food shortages across the Gulf and beyond.

Washington Post publisher and CEO Will Lewis stepped down late Saturday, days after the newspaper cut a third of the staff.

Lawmakers are again pushing for votes on bills to reclaim congressional authority to declare wars. Previous efforts have failed, but lawmakers hope for renewed support amid the war with Iran.

A stopgap bill to temporarily fund the Department of Homeland Security expires Friday night. DHS could be without funding for days, as the House and Senate are expected to be in recess next week.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with former FBI agent Katherine Schweit about the ongoing investigation into the abduction of Nancy Guthrie.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with David Pressman, who served as U.S. ambassador to Hungary in the Biden administration, about Viktor Orban's election loss and what this means for Hungary.

Sen. John Cornyn is seeking Texas Republicans' nomination for a fifth term, in a contest that has seen bitter and expensive attacks on all sides.

The G7 gathering of leaders of the world's biggest economies gets under way in France on Monday, at a time of strain between Europe and the U.S.

President Trump's pick for surgeon general, Dr. Casey Means, is a wellness influencer who is aligned with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. She made her case before a Senate committee Wednesday.

Jeffrey Epstein co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell will sit Monday for closed-door, virtual testimony with lawmakers on the Republican-led House Oversight Committee.

A Palestinian man and his Israeli friend are dedicating themselves to a peaceful coexistence in the aftermath of the devastating war in Gaza.

After nearly 10 years, the Netflix hit "Stranger Things" is ending. The series finale, which clocks in at just over two hours, drops on New Year's Eve.

President Trump gave a speech in Detroit that was supposed to focus on the economy, but it veered off-topic quickly and covered a lot of unrelated ground.

European leaders who gathered in Paris Tuesday to discuss a security plan for Ukraine expressed their concerns about President Trump's comments on seeking an American takeover of Greenland.

The Pentagon says it is prepared to act upon the orders of President Trump and has placed active-duty troops on standby to deploy to Minnesota if needed.

Elmore, Minnesota is the childhood home of former Vice President Walter Mondale. Advocates there want to see the house he lived in added to the National Register of Historic Places.

As President Trump finishes the first year of his second term, it is clear there are fewer guardrails than last time.

Protests over the economy are sweeping through Iran. The country's currency is plummeting amid concerns Israel will restart its war with Iran, a move President Trump signaled he would approve.