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The number of enrollees in SNAP was dipping before the July 2025 enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act but increased as the law took effect. The law slashes spending on the food security program by $187 billion over a decade.

NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses recent Supreme Court decisions and what they reveal about the justices' views on executive power with Amy Howe, co-founder of SCOTUSblog.

A surge in immigration arrests in South Florida has alarmed immigrant rights advocates and detainee families, who are pleading for local law enforcement authorities to end their cooperation with federal immigration agencies in detaining suspected undocumented immigrants.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers opened training camp dealing with contract squabbles. Coach Todd Bowles said he isn’t concerned about the contract issues becoming a distraction.

Evacuees from fire zones often scramble to find shelter for pets, and some are just found wandering. A shelter in Colorado is busy trying to help.

A gated community called Return to the Land in the northeastern Ozarks was designed exclusively for white people. A St. Louis realtor is challenging the plans after her application was rejected.

The news comes as two key Republicans are withholding their support over concerns about the Justice Department's deal with President Trump.

Former national security official Rush Doshi says President Trump's sky-high tariffs on Chinese goods sparked a clash in which China prevailed. We look at the current state of U.S.-China relations.

Former Charlie Hebdo cartoonist Riad Sattouf grew up in the Middle East and France with a French mother and Syrian father. "I hate nationalism," he says. "Comic book author [is] my first nationality."

The mostly white country and folk music industries remain frustratingly difficult for Black musicians to enter. During one of Nashville's biggest events, one group envisioned a new pathway in.

Tom Gardner, co-founder of the Motley Fool Web site, talks about what individual investors can learn from the careers of Warren Buffett and Kenneth Lay.

Female editors at top women's magazines — Deborah Way of O, The Oprah Magazine, Damarys Ocana of Latina, and Dawn Baskerville of Essence — discuss topics highlighted in current issues of their publications.

Composer and inventor Tod Machover is looking to design the opera of the future. His new work, Death and the Powers, tells the story of a wealthy businessman who downloads himself into his environment in a bid for immortality. Machover, a professor of music and media at MIT, talks about his work melding music and technology.

The program's Magazine Mavens — Suzan Colon of O, The Oprah Magazine; Damarys Ocana of Latina and Lynya Floyd of Essence — discuss stories gracing the latest issues of their publications, including success tips for women and celebrity profiles.

Collins, who died April 27, orbited in Apollo 11 while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made their historic moon walk. Speaking to Fresh Air in 1988, he described his solo orbit as "completely serene."

NPR's team in Tokyo put together our favorite moments of the Games, where participants showed their athleticism, sportsmanship, and what motivated them to compete.

Private equity firms have shelled out almost $1 trillion to acquire nearly 8,000 health care businesses across the country - including Florida - in deals almost always hidden from federal regulators.

Alabama Power and Florida Power & Light hired the consulting firm Matrix to help shape their fortunes. Matrix funded six sites that covered politics, filling a void left by the decline of local news.

More than three years after Superstorm Sandy, NPR and PBS's Frontline investigate the thousands still not home, the government agencies that failed to help and the companies that made millions.

It's illegal for immigration officials to detain U.S. citizens. But an NPR analysis of public records found that in an eight-year period, some 1,500 people who were held turned out to be Americans.

Chevron operates a major refinery in Richmond, Calif. It also owns the city's dominant news site, putting its own spin on events, and runs similar sites in Texas and Ecuador.

For almost a decade, Poland's democracy was in retreat. But last fall, Poland successfully elected a pro-democracy government coalition. What can the rest of the world learn?

A lawsuit alleges the Fox News Channel worked with a wealthy Trump supporter to concoct a false report about the death of a Democratic National Committee staffer.

Prediction market apps are thriving in Trump's second term, with traders betting on migrant deportations to election outcomes. A community of young, mostly male and very online traders are driving the industry's bonanza.

Set in the Rocky Mountains after an epidemic has killed off most of society, The Dog Stars, by adventure writer Peter Heller, casts an unusual mood as it alternates between elegiac reflection, lyrical nature writing and intense, high-caliber action. The Dog Stars will be published on Aug. 7.