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A Senate committee voted to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt after he refused to answer questions about his handling of the covid pandemic. Chairman Rand Paul plans to refer the case to the DOJ.

A new study is out that looked at various ways to try to tackle poverty in Ethiopia. Turns out, cash helps, but the impact of therapy is less clear.

Gianni Infantino is facing intense heat over a failed plan to privatize the World Cup. He is a lawyer who rose to the pinnacle of soccer and is now trying to hold onto his job.

President Trump announced this week that the U.S. will be imposing the "most crushing economic operation" against Iran.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says President Trump has been speaking with world leaders to urge them to join the U.S. in crippling Iran's economy, as Tehran strikes a defiant tone at the threats.

The Trump Administration has released a two-year operating plan for the Colorado River. Arizona, California and Nevada are expected to cut their water use from the river.

President Trump is under pressure internationally and domestically as the year's primary elections near an end.

Ukrainians recall their country giving up nuclear weapons in 1994 in exchange for international security promises that weren't kept. They don't want a repeat in their current negotiations with Russia.

We discuss the big political questions heading into the new year, including who will control Congress.

The resignation of Army Secretary Dan Driscoll is just the latest in a line of high profile exoduses at the Pentagon under Pete Hegseth.

The Labor Department offered an update Friday morning on the U.S. jobs market. After lackluster hiring in June, forecasters had expected the report to show a modest pickup in July.

A group of the country's private sector power producers says Nepali authorities lost crucial time in rescuing hundreds of people trapped in hydropower tunnels.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss the historic punishment handed to the Los Angeles Clippers for violating the NBA's salary cap.

As momentum builds to recover artworks stolen during World War Two by the Nazis, researchers have created an AI chatbot that aims to trace the ownership and location history of works of art.

One of the hottest playwrights in American theater right now is 40-year-old Young Jean Lee. The Korean-American dramatist talked to NPR's Neda Ulaby about her new play opening this week off Broadway.

New reporting contradicts what the White House told the press traveling with the president during a recent trip to Turkey.

A corn dog may look like lunch. But to an economist, the price is a bigger story about food prices and inflation.

The shift to the right in Latin America is reshaping the U.S. approach to drug trafficking — a shift on display this week as Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to three South American countries.

People have been avoiding lettuce this summer. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post columnist Tamar Haspel, who says we really should just skip the lettuce, permanently.

American men haven't clinched the Men's U.S. Open in more than two decades. Ben Shelton, 23, from Florida faces German, Alexander Zverev — whom he has never beat — in Sunday's tennis final.

President Trump seems to be pulling out all the stops to mitigate high gas prices ahead of the midterms.

Republicans see immigration as a winning issue ahead of the midterms as President Trump's administration ramps up arrests and deportations.

Republicans' first midterm convention, being touted as a "Trumpapalooza" by the Republican Party chairman, kicks off in Dallas with a program focused heavily on tax cuts and border security.

The Supreme Court has rejected President Trump's push for new mail-in voting restrictions for the midterm election.

China's Foreign Ministry called the Anthropic CEO's warning about the dangers of Chinese-developed AI "fearmongering," as the Chinese and U.S. leaders prepare to meet in Washington later this month.