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NPR's Melissa Block speaks with Elissa Jordan of Winnie, Texas, about the flooding in her community.

Since Trump began his second term, his administration's use of the armed forces has left a growing number in the military unsettled, according to NPR interviews with service members and advocates.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., signed a loyalty pledge required by the Democratic Party to run for president and serve as a Democrat. The requirement grew out of his own 2016 campaign.

Fifty-five years ago, Soul Train began broadcasting nationally. The show's dance coordinator speaks with a dancer about the show's legacy, as part of StoryCorps' Brightness in Black project.

It's not just tariffs. The White House is rethinking the central role of the dollar in the global economy.

British World War II veteran Capt. Tom Moore, who raised more than $40 million to help Britain's National Health Service fight the coronavirus, has died from COVID-19 at the age of 100.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with actress Renée Zellweger, who portrays Judy Garland in the 2019 movie Judy.She is up for the Oscar for best actress.

Keith Ellison, who led the prosecution of former officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, wasn't sure they were going to win. "Accountability just doesn't happen very much," he says.

Young voters are among the least likely to participate in today's elections. NPR's Neva Grant visits a high school in Florida -- the state that was the epicenter of the 2000 presidential election fiasco -- to find out how students learn about voting and why many remain ambivalent about it.

Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie has died. McVie wrote some of the band's most popular songs including: "Don't Stop" and "You Make Loving Fun." She was 79.

Housing advocates are calling on local politicians to make more funding for affordable housing a priority in the 2018 elections.A handful of activists…

A Florida Republican lawmaker wants to create more incentives for people who get welfare to look for work. The legislation passed a House committee...

Archivists at Norway's National Library, at its vault in the Arctic Circle, found an almost complete version of Empty Socks,featuring the character who preceded Mickey Mouse.

In 2014, Rashema Melson was a homeless high school senior who was awarded a full scholarship to college. Now, she is a graduate of Georgetown University who hopes to return to help her community.

More than 8,000 students have opted out of wearing masks within Duval County Public Schools within the second week of school — a small number...

Florida’s private homeowners’ insurance market is “the worse it’s ever been” in the past five years according to Michael Letcher, president of the Home…

Rudresh Mahanthappa's work always seems to be filed under jazz, but it's hard to find a style he doesn't touch: hip-hop, country, metal and soul fused with traditional sounds from India, Africa and Indonesia. And he makes it rock.

As part of our Father's Day series, Morning Edition profiles Jorge Mata, an immigrant father who moved his two toddlers to the U.S. after seeing increasing violence in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico.

The Social Life of DNA is a new book that explores what cutting-edge DNA testing technology means for African-Americans who lost their history in the slave trade.

Friends of the Everglades Executive Director Eve Samples says the measure boils down to "manipulation of the new Lake Okeechobee plan."

Airlines are canceling hundreds of flights to comply with the FAA's order. But there are still questions about the plan, which the agency says will keep the skies safe during the government shutdown.

President Trump campaigned promising "retribution." An NPR analysis has found that during the first 100 days of his second term Trump has taken action against more than 100 people and institutions.

Title X is a 56-year-old federal grant program that supports thousands of clinics that provide birth control and STI testing and treatment. Those clinics could face a funding gap because of a Trump administration delay.

Hoover Institution fellow Eyck Freymann explains what the Iran war and the blockade of the Straight of Hormuz reveals about modern economic chokepoints, geopolitics and war strategies.

A fleet of new plastics plants in the U.S. often release illegal levels of air pollution, even while receiving big tax breaks from state and local governments, the report found.