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Four Army officers were on track to become one-star generals, NPR confirms. Defense secretary Pete Hegseth's involvement in the promotion process is highly unusual.

It means Gov. Ron DeSantis' major priority will likely get pushed until late May — at the earliest.

Somalia's population is experiencing severe food insecurity after three years of drought. Now, the war in the Middle East means the import-dependent nation has even less access to food.

Thomas “Fats” Waller wrote such jazz standards as “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” and “Honeysuckle Rose." In the 1930s, he was ranked at the top among African-American entertainers on stage and on the radio.

The new top two leaders at the FBI are Trump loyalists with no prior experience at the bureau. NPR asks retired FBI special agent Thomas J. Baker for his impressions of Kash Patel and Dan Bongino.

Top state-level election officials react to the Jan. 28 raid on the Fulton County, Ga, elections office. The FBI executed a search warrant seeking ballots from the 2020 election.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to former top FBI lawyer Andrew Weissmann about the federal indictment of John Bolton, the former National Security Adviser under President Trump during his first term.

Brad Pitt stars in F1, a film about a Formula One racing team from the director of Top Gun: Maverick.

Senate Republicans are bracing for down-ballot losses that are likely to cost the party their Senate majority this year.

When he was running for office, Joe Biden vowed to make big changes to how the U.S. deals with Saudi Arabia. But that was before gas prices soared past $5 per gallon, making inflation his top issue.

Is aggressive war legal? Calls are growing now to set up an international tribunal to charge Russia with the same crime.

The U.S. faces a shortfall of about 450,000 nurses and 120,000 doctors in the coming years. The Senate's top health committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is considering bipartisan solutions.

A top federal regulator called the failure of Silicon Valley Bank a "textbook case of bank mismanagement" during a Senate hearing about what led to its spectacular collapse

Steve Lawrence, a singer and top stage act who as a solo performer and in tandem with his wife Eydie Gorme kept Tin Pan Alley alive during the rock era, died Thursday.

The world's top-ranked player tested positive for low levels of a banned steroid after his physiotherapist used a topical spray to treat a small cut before giving Sinner a massage, arbitrators found.

A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military. "Building up our military is our top priority," said Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

NPR's Scott Simons speaks with 17-year-old Anna Leigh Waters, a top-ranked pickleball player who is defending her title at the Pickleball World Championships in Dallas.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Andrew Weissmann, a top lawyer at the FBI from 2011-2013, about President-elect Trump's plan to replace FBI director Christopher Wray with an ally, Kash Patel.

It's looking like 2024 will be the hottest year since record-keeping began, unseating 2023 for the top spot. Climate change is playing a role, and scientists say it was even hotter than expected.

Parsons, one of corporate America's most prominent Black executives who held top posts at Time Warner and Citigroup, was known as a skilled negotiator, a diplomat and a crisis manager.

Indian authorities have detained at least 1,500 people in India-administered Kashmir after a militant attack killed 26 people this past week, a top police officer told NPR.

The two countries will begin having experts meet to discuss details of a possible deal over Tehran's rapidly advancing nuclear program, the top Iranian diplomat said after a second round of talks.

NPR's David Greene talks to Irish Times journalist Hugh Linehan after exit polls in Ireland's parliamentary elections showed the top parties are in a very close race.

The WNBA playoffs are underway with eight teams in the postseason. League officials are hoping to build off last year's record-breaking season.

NPR talks to Republican strategist Ron Bonjean about Trump's election success. Bonjean held top communications and strategy positions in the House and Senate.