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President Trump responded to Beijing's announcement this week to put new restrictions on exports of rare earths. Trump and President Xi had planned to meet at the end of the month.

Ali Mussa Daqduq, a senior explosives expert from Hezbollah, has been held as an enemy combatant since he was captured by American troops five years ago. But once U.S. troops withdraw from Iraq, authorities face a choice about the future of enemy combatants: prosecute them, release them or send them home.

A lawsuit has been filed against actress Sofia Vergara on behalf of her two frozen embryos. NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Susan Crockin, who teaches assisted reproductive law at Georgetown University Law School.

Twitter's been going through an especially rough patch lately. But its brand and tweets are well known. Giving those up as the company transitions to X could be an expensive loss of brand value.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with legal scholar David Scheffer, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about President Trump's proposal for the U.S. to take ownership of Gaza.

The long-awaited report from the Army about how leaders handled shooter Robert Card in the months leading up to the Lewiston, Maine mass shootings will be released on Monday.

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part of a strategy to keep deadly pathogens from spreading through the colony.

Operation Absolute Resolve, which resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro, echoes the 1990 U.S. invasion of Panama that brought down Manuel Noriega. But big differences abound.

Twenty-two attorneys general have sued the Trump administration over funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The consumer watchdog agency is close to running out of money.

Amidst reports of a heavier ICE presence in Orange County, local faith leaders are stepping up and calling for accountability and humane treatment.

Thousands of women were taken into Magdalene Laundries, run by the Catholic Church, and forced to work without pay. The practice went on for decades after Ireland's independence, with the last one closing in 1996. For the first time, the state has acknowledged and apologized for its role in facilitating the practice.

Small-town hospitals were already closing at an alarming rate before COVID-19, but now the trend appears to be accelerating just as the disease arrives in rural America.

Unsubstantiated claims about fraud at child care centers run by Somali residents have prompted a federal probe and a White House announcement that federal funds for day cares nationwide will pause.

We look at how the war on Iran might affect the upcoming midterm elections, as well as how a portion of President Trump's MAGA base sees U.S. involvement in another war in the Middle East.

Amid anticipation that an Israel-Hamas hostage deal is close, intelligence officials talk about negotiating the release of an Israeli soldier who was held by Hamas in Gaza for five years.

The package by the White House includes missiles to take out tanks and bring down Russian aircraft — as well as drones that the U.S. hasn't provided previously.

CBS News President Wendy McMahon says she's resigning because "the company and I do not agree on the path forward." CBS' parent company is trying to settle a lawsuit with President Trump.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with Amy Fischer, an organizer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, about their efforts to help migrants bused into Washington, D.C.

Tomato clownfish appear to adjust the stripes on their bodies in response to social pressures, a new study finds.

Gaza is cut off from food, water and fuel. Israel is raining down destruction on the Palestinian enclave as its residents try to survive.

We review the eventful week in politics — the Democratic National Convention, the Trump campaign's counterprogramming, and RFK Jr. suspending his campaign.

Survivors of a suspected drone strike while fishing in the Eastern Pacific seek restitution after claiming they were forced onto a boat and handed over to Salvadoran officials, with no charges filed.

After a ceasefire that has lasted more than two months, the U.S. is pushing for a lasting peace in Gaza.

Since 1914, Denver, Colorado, has maintained a small bison herd in a park outside the city. In recent years, an Indigenous group has slaughtered one annually to feed urban Native people.

Military justice is undergoing its biggest overhaul in a generation, as the services grapple with sexual assault. Victims say they have a long way to go.