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General Services Administration staff face huge cuts and fears of 'nonstop' surveillance, top Trump administration officials visit Europe, and how Trump and Musk may impact future U.S. space missions.

Many Venezuelans in the U.S. haven't been able to visit their homeland due to myriad factors. Now, a touring virtual reality experience called "Teleport to Venezuela" allows them to immerse themselves in familiar sights and sounds.

The novel tells the story of two families, longtime friends, whose relationships are tested after an ugly act occurs during a weekend visit.

President Trump visited police officers and National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., where their presence in the nation's capital is inciting strong reactions from city residents.

In late April, about 114 of every 100,000 visits to the emergency room were for tick bites, the highest rate for that time of year since at least 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The order also recommends that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine be separated into individual shots and spread out across multiple visits.

Vice President Harris tells voters at Essence Fest to elect people to Congress who can address policy that cannot be done through executive action.

An extreme right-wing member of Israel's parliament is accused of stirring up violence. He, however, says he's standing up for his view of Israel as a Jewish state.

Long before Obama gave a commencement speech to Air Force cadets Wednesday, his campaign was focusing attention on his record with military families and veterans — a key voting group that could make the difference in swing states like Virginia, North Carolina and Florida.

COVID hospitalizations among children have increased 97% over the last week to 575 admissions per day. Infectious disease experts talk about treating children with omicron and who is most at-risk.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the long-time head of the National Institutes of Health, Dr. Francis Collins, who has announced that he will be stepping down.

A high school teacher in Houston has a library in her classroom of books she's not supposed to have, per state legislation. Students say she's helping them survive. (Story aired on ATC on 1/29/24.)

More than 4,400 U.S. service members died and hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians were killed during the conflict.

Charlie Watts spent nearly 60 years playing drums for The Rolling Stones. He was known as an unflappable drummer. He died in a hospital in London, surrounded by family.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Wafaa Sadek, country director for International Medical Corps in Syria, about the earthquake's aftermath and how her team of medical professionals are responding.

The annual Burmese python hunt has concluded in South Florida. This year's winner captured 20 of the invasive snakes.

The amount consumers spend during the holiday season could make — or break — some retailers.

Photographers from NPR member stations fanned out to document a nation navigating a return to normalcy. They captured moments of caution and joy, exuberance and relief, as restrictions began to lift.

House and Senate committees will meet in parts of December, January, and February to start sifting through proposals in the lead-up to the 60-day session.

One person was arrested and other remains at large after deputies seized over $1.7 million worth of narcotics at a Bradenton house, investigators said.

For all the attention on female voters, the gender gap is no less among white men. They voted in large numbers against Barack Obama four years ago, and are expected to do so again this year. At a motorcycle festival in Florida, some of these voters weigh in on the GOP ticket and the election.

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations at record highs, doctors and nurses in California are fatigued by months of care and are bracing for the worst in the winter.

The number of Texans who have died from COVID-19 is more than 24,000 and growing. It's the second-highest number of deaths behind New York state. An Austin man has memorialized every Texas death.

Dr. Robert Atmar, a member of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, says he's hearing hesitancy among some front line medical workers about being first in line for a vaccine.

Other states have taken similar action to help those who are transitioning out of state custody during the health crisis.