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Congress is calling for action in response to reporting last week from NPR that "claim shark" companies are using aggressive tactics to make millions off of veterans, despite warnings from VA's that it may be illegal.

President Trump is expected to arrive in Israel on Sunday night as both sides prepare for the release of Israeli hostages and nearly 2,000 Palestinian detainees and prisoners.

Can we know which jobs are more or less likely to be "taken" by artificial intelligence? Planet Money looks into what jobs might be immune from a robot takeover.

Marjorie Taylor Greene rose to prominence as one of President Trump's most outspoken allies. But in recent months she's begun to criticize him. What is driving the shift?

The measles outbreak is not easing up around the country. The CDC reports 884 confirmed cases nationwide, three times the number of cases in 2024. In West Texas, where the outbreak started, pediatricians are concerned about potentially more children being exposed to the virus.

Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders spent Thursday in Des Moines. He told the overflowing crowd that they had a chance in February to make a big statement about where the race is headed.

Project 2025 is a 922-page blueprint for the next Republican president from the Heritage Foundation, a conservatives thinktank. But the plan has mostly attracted negative attention.

NPR's A Martinez talks to former CIA officer David Priess about reports that some of America's most closely guarded secrets were among documents seized from Donald Trump's Florida estate.

The Department of Government Efficiency effort was one of the most consequential and controversial — if not entirely successful — changes the Trump administration made in 2025.

Climate groups say the world needs to pull carbon dioxide from the sky and rapidly reduce oil production to hit climate goals. An oil company argues it can pull carbon instead of phasing out oil.

The presidential candidate said he'd planned to take the roadkill home and skin it, but got waylaid by a long day of falconry and steak dinner. The mystery of the bear cub made national news in 2014.

A bipartisan congressional delegation traveled to Denmark to try to deescalate rising tensions. Just as they were finishing, President Trump announced new tariffs on the country until it agrees to his plan of acquiring Greenland.

Despite tensions between the Vatican and Israel's government over the Gaza war, some Jews and Christians living in Israel are trying to build trust between their communities.

Congress ends the year with a thin list of legislative accomplishments and a growing number of retirements. Former lawmakers say the problems now plaguing Capitol Hill have been years in the making.

The U.S. wants changes to the World Anti-Doping Agency after a Chinese drug scandal. Olympic officials threatened to block Salt Lake City's bid to host the 2034 Games if the U.S. criticism persists.

As the government shutdown enters its second month, President Trump has spent two full weeks outside of Washington. This is a shift from how past presidents, including Trump, have approached shutdown politics.

Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins is running for governor in the 2026 election. He faces Republican candidates Rep. Byron Donalds — endorsed by President Trump — former House Speaker Paul Renner and investor James Fishback.

Extreme winter conditions, including ice, freezing temperatures and heavy snow, are expected to blanket much of the U.S. later this week and into the weekend. Here's how to prepare for winter driving.

Chuck Hagel would be the first Defense secretary to have worn the uniform of an enlisted man, and also the first to have fought in Vietnam. Hagel won two purple hearts, and still carries some of the scars and shrapnel from that war. Obama says that makes him the kind of Pentagon leader that U.S. troops deserve.

Steve Inskeep speaks with Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff about the airstrikes on Syria and about the House investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

FDOT’s aerial network plan includes testing, validating and scaling air taxi, cargo and emergency service use cases. The first phase incorporates St. Pete-Clearwater and Tampa International Airports.

Unlike in Europe, officials in the U.S. with ties to Epstein have largely held their positions of power.

Nazgul isn't talking, but his owners come clean about how he got loose, got famous, and how they feel now

U.S. speed skaters competed in the team pursuit Tuesday. The U.S. men are taking home a silver medal in the speedskating Team Pursuit, and more exciting races are coming up this week.