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A Pennsylvania mother of three says she's set to lose $200 in food assistance next month if the government shutdown continues into November. She's now deciding which bills not to pay.

The president's high-stakes visit served simultaneously to show the limits and the strengths of U.S. influence in the region, and the importance of America's long-standing relationship with Israel.

NATO defense ministers meet in Brussels for the first time since former President Donald Trump's incendiary remarks about the alliance.

Nearly $890 million will go toward home care services — an increasingly vital aspect of the reparation effort, as Holocaust victims advance in age.

More than half of the Florida Wildlife Corridor's 18 million acres is protected conservation land. But that leaves a lot of land vulnerable to development.

As Florida's established newspapers wither, a leading regional publisher says old rules no longer apply. Politicians and corporate interests say they have to pay him to ensure positive coverage.

Senate President Andy Gardiner on Wednesday cast what could be the deciding vote in the clash over the confirmation of Florida Surgeon General John Arms...

The U.S. annual inflation rate jumped to 4.2% in May, a three-year high. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with economist Claudia Sahm about what the numbers mean and what the Fed may do about it.

Cancer patients increasingly delay or skip taking medication because they can't afford it. New drugs that can cost $100,000 or more a year mean more people suffering "financial toxicity."

Medicaid in Mississippi provides insurance to 1 in 5 residents. But funding could stop July 1 if politicians don't act. The Legislature has brought the program to the brink over a debate about expanding it under the Affordable Care Act.

Linda talks with California governor Pete Wilson about what he's expecting to hear this evening as Bob Dole accepts his nomination for the presidency. Wilson believes that this speech will make Dole's position on what's right for the country very clear, and will serve as an introduction to the ideas that will ultimately frame the presidential campaign. He also believes that the speech could touch on some controversial issues.

The rapper's debut album, Everybody Down, followed Becky and Harry, two Londoners struggling with love, work and drugs. Now her new book, The Bricks That Built The Houses, takes a look at their pasts.

Millions of women who lost their jobs in the pandemic have yet to return to work, even though the economy has improved. What's keeping them back is a mix of factors that may not be resolved quickly.

Consumers can face unexpected costs if they don't cancel their insurance plan before they relocate to another state.

Cuba has one of the world's highest COVID vaccination rates, with more than 85% of the nation fully immunized and kids as young as 2 getting inoculated. And it's done so using homegrown vaccines.

The Michigan Democrat, who has served in Congress for more than 50 years, is facing accusations of sexual harassment. He did not use the word "resigning," though he has been pressured to resign.

In a five-part series for Morning Edition, NPR's Eric Weiner and Michael Sullivan examine the spread of terrorism in Southeast Asia. In Part One, Weiner reports from the Philippines -- a Roman Catholic country that seems an unlikely place for an al Qaeda cell, but where investigators believe the militant Islamist group gained its first foothold in the region.

Shoppers are still spending, just a little less freely than before as inflation remains higher than ideal and keeps interest rates similarly high.

A new book by Christopher Clark describes the series of events that precipitated one the most complex and catastrophic conflicts of modern times. "It seems to me that our world is getting more like 1914, not less like it," Clark says.

Stephen Walter was sentenced on Monday. He is one of three men indicted in connection with supplying the fentanyl-laced pills that contributed to the rapper's accidental overdose in 2018.

The short answer is — no. Immunology experts say there is little to be gained, for now, from an antibody test, for a number of reasons.

Meghan Daum's new collection looks at life in that awkward stage of adulthood that comes before you'd call yourself middle-aged. "Are we in the twilight of youth?" she asks. "That sounds not good."

There's some good news in math, mostly bad news in reading and lots of questions about why students are still struggling.

"Age is just a number. It's just about how you feel. I'm not thinking like, 'I'm 35, I'm too old,' hell no," Wüst said after her latest Olympic feat.

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with economist Teresa Ghilarducci about the state of the U.S. economy — record inflation, rising interest rates and how to prepare for a recession.