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Federal authorities served a search warrant on Wednesday at a Southern California aerospace facility where a chemical tank overheated last month, forcing 50,000 residents to evacuate because authorities feared an explosion.

In New York's Adirondack Mountains a bipartisan group has reduced political polarization and boosted civility while helping preserve hundreds of thousands of acres of wilderness.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Michael Herzog, Israel's ambassador to the U.S., about whether Israel has an achievable military strategy for a potential ground invasion into Gaza.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with comedian Kyle Gordon, aka DJ Crazy Times, about his new hit song "The Planet of the Bass" — a 1990s Eurodance parody that has taken the internet by storm.

For the first time, the UAW is on strike against the Big 3 U.S. automakers at once. Workers at three plants have been called out so far, with more to follow Friday if there's no progress on a deal.

For years, a secretive group has been purchasing land in Solano County, Calif., to create a utopian city for the tech elite. Locals are telling the techies to take their plan someplace else.

Following President Biden's speech at the site of a racist massacre in South Carolina, NPR's Michel Martin asks DNC chair Jaime Harrison about Biden's focus on threats from the far-right.

For the first time this year, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge handed the mic over to fourth graders. Here's two of our judges' favorite entries.

Republicans currently hold 20 of the state’s 28 U.S. House seats. The new voting districts could improve the GOP’s chances to win four additional seats this year.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Christian Figueroa who, at 19, became a first-time delegate from California at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Republicans in Congress have shown some willingness to push back on President Trump, but it is not clear how far they are willing to push back against the leader of their own party.

A dramatic drop in mortality for youngsters under age 5 has been one of the great accomplishments in global health. But estimates suggest that in 2025 child deaths will go up.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with writer and artist Molly Crabapple about her new book, "Here Where We Live Is Our Country."

One thing has bucked the trend of rising prices: computing. Technological advances have underpinned a consistent drop in the cost of computers. But experts say that this may be reaching a limit.

Even before the president's falling out with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over the Epstein files, some Republicans questioned Trump's policy interpretation of what "America First" means.

It's no secret that going to college can be very expensive, with tuition costs rising faster than financial aid. But what's causing that price tag to rise so quickly?

The Supreme Court hears arguments in a case about President Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commissioner. At stake is a 90-year precedent limiting the president's power over independent agencies.

Bloomberg's Stacey Vanek Smith explains how Trump's investment accounts for kids would work and outlines concerns and benefits.

Until August is the last novel of the Nobel Prize-winning author, a work he asked his sons to destroy. But, nearly 10 years after his death, they have decided to publish his final novel.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with video game journalist Rebekah Valentine about the trends that are driving layoffs across the industry.

During the pandemic, filmmaker Sean Wang moved home and realized he wanted to preserve the unexpected time with his family. His short film, Nai Nai & Wài Pó, has been nominated for an Academy Award.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks to The Atlantic's Anne Applebaum about why the Trump administration appears to be backing off some of its actions and what that means for concerns about democratic backsliding.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears a case, this week, with huge implications for the justice system. It involves the opioid settlement and the wealthy family behind OxyContin, the Sacklers.

Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as a gunnery sergeant in An Officer and a Gentleman, has died. He was 87.

The new benefits take a cue from a pandemic success story — when an expanded U.S. child tax credit briefly cut child poverty in half. Some states include immigrants and index credits to inflation.