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President Trump this week said his family has done "very little" business with Saudi Arabia, as Crown Prince Mohammed visited the White House. NPR fact checks that claim with Forbes' Dan Alexander.

U.S. employers added 379,000 jobs in February — more than most forecasters predicted. Despite this increase in jobs, the Biden administration says the country is still a long way from full employment.

Roblox, the online gaming platform, is going public on Wednesday. During the pandemic lockdown it's become a virtual playground, and the company has seen a surge in users, with millions now active.

Spring is starting to come forth across the country... slowly in some places, too quick in others. Debbie Elliott discusses changes in the season with Bruce Stutz, author of the new book Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season.

NPR's John Burnett has written a new book about his career as a journalist. It's called, Uncivilized Beasts and Shameless Hellions: Travels with an NPR Correspondent. Burnett talks with Lynn Neary about the stories he's covered.

A new book by Mallory O'Meara explores the life of artist Milicent Patrick, who worked on Fantasia and costumed a legendary Hollywood monster — and then ran afoul of misogyny in the workplace.

In his new book, To Sell Is Human, Daniel H. Pink describes how access to information has empowered buyers and dramatically changed the sales landscape. Caveat emptor — buyer beware — is still good advice, Pink says, but so is caveat venditor — seller beware.

Gwyneth Paltrow doesn't have to cook — she is one of the most famous actresses in the world, she has two children with Coldplay lead singer Chris Martin, and she runs the successful lifestyle site GOOP.com. But cook she does, and she shares her secrets in My Father's Daughter.

Around the U.S., food assistance agencies are trying to come up with new ways to feed hungry kids in the summer. In Hopkins County, Ky., they're using mobile vans to take food to where kids live.

Director of national intelligence Avril Haines has taken over after a turbulent time. Former President Donald Trump was frequently at odds with his handpicked national security team.

In the next phase of the race to vaccinate Americans, the Biden administration knows the government is not the best messenger. So it's asking communities for help.

The president's budget blueprint would increase spending on an array of domestic programs aimed at reducing poverty and fighting climate change, while keeping defense spending relatively flat.

Congress has told the Department of Veterans Affairs to offer COVID-19 vaccines to some 24 million people who don't usually get their health care through the VA.

A grass-roots league is gaining fans in China; last month, Shanghai's Nighthawks and Warriors vied for the championship. The players learned about football via Hollywood movies and online NFL games.

The National Guard dropped off pumps in an attempt to drain the reservoir before the hole in the earthen dam becomes larger.

A bungled ending, some charming winners, and making the best of a bad situation — the 2021 Oscars left an impression in a few ways.

The resounding vote against forming a union at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama is a blow to the labor movement. It has glimmers of hope but in the private sector unions are rare and mostly weak.

The report found the U.S. Park Police made the call to clear Lafayette Park before knowing of then-President Donald Trump's visit to a damaged church in the area.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Democratic Sen. Chris Coons of Delaware about whether lawmakers are getting any closer to landing a bipartisan deal on infrastructure, and other agenda items.

President Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their much-anticipated summit in Geneva. They talked for about three hours. What are the outcomes of that meeting for both countries?

The decision marks a triumph for a new brand of conservatism on the court, which is putting the Constitution's guarantee to the free exercise of religion at the highest level of protection.

A new CDC study finds that people who provide unpaid care for their children or adult loved ones are twice as likely as noncaregivers to have experienced depression or anxiety, or thoughts of suicide.

This group of gray whales seems to have figured out a new feeding strategy. To fatten up as they migrate from Baja to the Arctic, they take a detour to Puget Sound.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR's Terry Samuel, PBS's Sara Just and Block Club Chicago's Dawn Rhodes about how editorial decisions are made in this fractured news environment.

In the wake of the CDC's 60-day renewal of an eviction moratorium, we hear from three people struggling to find affordable housing in a market where rents continue to increase.