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The U.S. debt is close to the highest it's ever been as a share of the Gross Domestic Product. Should we be concerned? The Indicator spoke to a debt dove and a debt hawk for their thoughts.

James Dennis Ford was put to death with a lethal injection as about 25 witnesses watched at Florida State Prison. He was found guilty of murdering Gregory and Kimberly Malnory during a fishing trip.

The auto industry has built a North American supply chain that ping-pongs parts between the U.S., Mexico and Canada. Tariffs of 25%, if actually imposed, would be costly for buyers and the industry.

A new Congress starts this week, with questions about whether House Speaker Mike Johnson can stay in his job and if GOP in-fighting will be an obstacle as the new Trump administration kicks off.

The demonstration was part of a nationwide movement opposing recent decisions from the Trump administration to crack down on immigration and LGBTQ rights.

European leaders met in Brussels for security talks. High on the agenda was Greenland. President Trump has threatened to take control of the island, suggesting it's important for regional security.

Jimmy Greene's new album is dedicated to his daughter, one of the 20 children killed in the elementary school shooting. "She showed love," he says, "to everybody she came in contact with."

In a new $35 million musical, the star attraction is 20 feet tall and requires 15 people to operate. He's an engineering marvel — and also basically a giant monkey puppet.

The president says up to 30,000 criminal migrants deported from the United States could be housed at the facility in Cuba, but it wasn't immediately clear how the plan would be implemented.

President-elect Trump will get sworn in today for his second term in the White House. We preview what we know about the day.

President Donald Trump says Panama should give the canal back to the U.S. Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino says that’s “impossible.” Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be in Panama on Saturday.

The biggest questions are whether people can still choose to receive the vaccine even if it's not recommended for them and whether insurance will cover the cost.

Not long after his sixteenth birthday, Fred Clay was arrested for the murder of a cab driver in Boston. Eventually, Fred was found guilty — but only after police and prosecutors used questionable psychological techniques to single him out as the killer. This week on Hidden Brain, we go back four decades to uncover the harm that arises when flawed ideas from psychology are used to determine that a teenager should spend the rest of his life behind bars.

If we do a favor for someone we know, we think we've done a good deed. What we don't tend to ask is: Who have we harmed by treating this person with more kindness than we show toward others? This week, in the second of our two-part series on moral decision-making, we consider how actions that come from a place of love can lead to a more unjust world.

Ahead of the official start of hurricane season on June 1, officials at the National Hurricane Center are brushing off concerns over widespread cuts at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) offices — and reminding people about the importance of readiness instead.

Great works of art are great, in part, because they continue to have something to say to the present: They're both timebound and timeless. And, boy, does Gatsby have something to say to us in 2025.

Fears of renewed inflation are weighing on people's economic mood. That could affect their spending and the broader economic outlook.

The tiny Seattle suburb of SeaTac, home to the airport of the same name, is the latest front in the battle for "living wage" ordinances. On this fall's ballot is a measure mandating a $15 an hour floor for large hospitality and transportation companies. $15 is higher than the base wage in neighboring suburbs, but the heart of economic activity in SeaTac is the international airport — and that's not about to move.

House committees are planning a series of hearings this week to advance legislation around President Trump's agenda.

President Trump rattled markets again Friday with new tariff threats. The president is calling for high taxes on imported iPhones and goods from Europe.

Schools Superintendent Van Ayres said he trusts his media specialists and will have inappropriate materials yanked from shelves ahead of the 2025-26 school year.

Khartoum, Sudan's capital city has recently been liberated by the Sudanese army after two years of occupation. NPR visited found a hollowed out and shattered city devastated by the civil war.

The rapper's Instagram account says his lungs collapsed after he was stabbed 14 times, but he is "in good spirits." Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence for shooting Megan Thee Stallion in 2020.

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton wrote in a memo that he believes they are making progress but are not in a position to begin the budget conference next week.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission voted 4-1 at a meeting in favor of a bear hunt in December and annually into the future, allowing the use of up to six dogs to corner the bears.