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New Republican member of Congress Marjorie Taylor Greene is a polarizing figure both in Washington, DC and in her district in Georgia, where voters are mixed about her presence in the U.S. House.

In Seattle in the time of coronavirus, every day brings unsettling decisions. Ride the bus? Go to Starbucks? How about pre-natal yoga class? Several women at a recent session shared their concerns.

Several days before Iowa Democrats kick off the 2020 presidential nominating contest, President Trump held a reelection rally Thursday night in Des Moines.

Hundreds of thousands of people are without power in Louisiana after Hurricane Ida. Crews in the state are fanning out to help.

Sweet Home Cafe, the restaurant inside the National Museum of African American History and Culture, offers visitors a chance to taste the varied African-American contributions of American cuisine.

For athletes in Tokyo, the games aren't just defined by competing but by COVID-19 — and avoiding it long enough to participate. Already 20 athletes have had their Olympic dreams dashed by the virus.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Elizabeth Economy, Director of Asia studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the decision of China's Communist Party to abolish term limits for presidents, which would allow President Xi Jinping to stay in power indefinitely.

Until three years ago, Ed Hancock traveled the world, a high-level executive for AmerisourceBergen, a global drug packaging and distribution company.

In Brunswick, Ga., where three men are on trial in the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery, activists and local residents react to the acquittals in the Kyle Rittenhouse case.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rachel Rizzo, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center, about Germany's new leadership and its pressing foreign policy concerns.

With Facebook unveiling additional emoji options, linguist Tyler Schnoebelen talks about how emojis are changing the way we communicate.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Jean Lee, a policy expert at the Wilson Center, about the significance of North Korea's latest weapons test. The Trump administration is downplaying the test.

Even many voters who support the president questioned the lengths his administration is going to to remove people from the country.

Tennessee Promise is a program that enables all eligible students to attend community college free of cost. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Paul Leddy, school counselor at Glencliff High School in Nashville.

In a wide-ranging interview with NPR about his memoir, the rock star shares that at 72 years old, he's finally ready to look back. He offers thoughts on his royal friends, drug use and cell phones.

Under music director Alan Gilbert, the orchestra is taking a page from the visual arts world by launching an 11-day festival featuring both established and emerging composers.

In this installment of StoryCorps Tampa Bay, Sheila Rue talks with her mom Beatrice, about her father when he was in the military. Roger Rue was in the…

Poet Mark Doty, winner of the 2008 National Book Award for poetry, discusses his favorite listener-submitted poems with NPR's Michel Martin.

The new House select committee looking at the strategic relationship between the U.S. and China holds its first hearing Tuesday night. Lawmakers from both parties are teaming up on bills as well.

Record low winter snows mean insufficient water in the Colorado River. Here's how a city that's first in line to be cut off is handling it.

After four years in Syria, two brothers returned home to Trinidad this week, following an extraordinary intervention by their mother, a renowned human rights lawyer, and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd.

The dispute comes from Colorado — but it could have national implications for Donald Trump and his political fate.

GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley sharpens her critique of Donald Trump. House GOP forges ahead with Biden impeachment inquiry. Study shows how far and wide the U.S. opioid crisis has spread.

Chicago teens made a podcast discussing the pros and cons of getting tattoos. We check back in on them after they were named finalists in NPR's 2021 Student Podcast Challenge.

Hungry for Music is a nonprofit organization that takes donations of musical instruments, refurbishes them and distributes them to needy music students across the country.