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Doctors, hospitals and insurers are balking at a Covered California proposal to eject providers of care that have inordinately high costs and low quality from its networks.

Rachel Martin talks to Abraham Denmark of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. He served as deputy assistant secretary of Defense for East Asia in the Obama administration.

China has refused to let its defense minister meet formally with Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin. However, the two defense chiefs did briefly exchange words and shook hands before Friday's dinner.

Cultural figureheads are expected to speak out about world events. But some are facing real-world consequences for making public declarations about the present conflict.

The rocket is the largest ever built. It has yet to complete a full test flight, but the third time might be the charm.

The planned spacewalk — a first for a private mission — will rely on simply opening the spacecraft’s hatch.

Chestnut ate 57 hot dogs in five minutes, beating a team of four soldiers who downed 49 total. He not only broke his own record, but nearly tied the Coney Island winner, who ate 58 dogs in 10 minutes.

After two right-wing Israeli ministers called for "voluntary migration" of Palestinians out of Gaza, Israel's moderate defense minister presented a postwar plan in which Palestinians remain in charge.

Kyle Chayka's newest book explores how online algorithms have shaped modern culture, and what we can do about it.

The director of Navalny's Anti-Corruption Foundation thanked "everyone" who had called on Russian authorities to return the Russian opposition leader's body to his mother.

Elon Musk is not entitled to landmark compensation package awarded by Tesla's board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, a Delaware judge ruled Tuesday.

The auto pressurization light came on during three recent flights involving the same plane, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Some plane components are being sent to an NTSB lab.

The president made an unexpected appearance at Thursday's White House opioid summit. "It's a problem that's growing," he said of the drug epidemic that has struck the country.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with President Trump's lawyer Jay Sekulow about former special counsel Robert Mueller's congressional testimony on Wednesday.

President Trump has left his Republican allies confused about his intentions on guns, concerned about his moves on trade and curious about the state of his White House staff.

The order comes in reaction to the U.S. closure of China's consulate in Houston earlier this week. China's state broadcaster says the U.S. Consulate was given 72 hours to close.

A fight broke out about legal immigration on social media this week. Here's what it says about Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy's influence and factions in the GOP.

Elon Musk has emerged as a key figure in President Trump's plans to reshape the government. Here's a recap of this week with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) team he leads.

Thousands of foreign fighters are joining the fighting in Iraq and Syria. According to U.S. intelligence officials, the flow of foreign fighters includes a hefty contingent from the West. Why are so many Westerners are going, and will they bring the violence they learned abroad back home?

Benchmark International, a global mergers-and-acquisitions firm based in Tampa, signed a multiyear naming rights agreement with Vinik Sports Group, the owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning.

In his Oval Office address, President Obama sought to calm a nation on edge because of terror. Did it work? And how is it reverberating on the 2016 campaign trail?

President Trump says he will insist that the Justice Department investigate whether his 2016 campaign was infiltrated by the DOJ or FBI for political purposes.

President Trump's adviser Roger Stone says he wouldn't be surprised about a potential indictment from Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, but he has called the investigation baseless and faulted what he calls an official campaign to keep him quiet.

Sometimes you just need to recombobulate. That word isn't in the dictionary, but it is on a beloved sign at Milwaukee's airport.

VOA covers the U.S., warts and all. But is that enough for the president? VOA's director tells NPR it's protected by law, and if it's told to change, she'll respond, "Thank you for your input."