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Revelations Treasury Secretary-designate Timothy Geithner did not pay some taxes when he worked for the International Monetary Fund may have roots in the way the IMF pays its American workers. Donald Williamson, chair of the accounting department at American University, offers his insight.

Swing voters in North Carolina say they are frustrated with President Trump and the state of the economy but aren't ready to abandon him or his party as the midterms inch closer.

We ranked our 50 favorite records of the year, from hip-hop to classical and everything in between.

At nearly 1,000 pages long, My Name Is Barbra is the ultimate exercise in directorial control, and a celebration of women's authorship.

Medicare pays hospitals about double what it pays other providers for the same services. The hospital lobby is fighting hard to make sure a switch to "site-neutral payments" doesn't become law.

Annual inflation proved to be hotter than expected last month, staying stubbornly above 3%. It continues to move in the wrong direction in recent months. Pushing it lower is proving to be hard.

Close to 2.2 million people were incarcerated in the U.S. in 2016. Author Emily Bazelon says prosecutors, rather than judges, are responsible for many of the prison sentences defendants receive.

Former CIA officer Glenn Carle writes about his time as an interrogator in the war on terrorism in his new book The Interrogator: An Education.

Etgar Keret at his best can be brilliant, and some of the stories in his new collection are nearly perfect, but over all it's an uneven read, weighed down by pointless whimsy and unearned pessimism.

A roundup of useful advice from our June episodes: how to reach a "eureka moment" at work, the safest place to put a grill (not against the house!), and a counterintuitive way to get over your crush.

Florida’s KidCare expansion has been stuck in legal limbo since February 2024. Since then, the number of uninsured children in Florida has risen to 400,000 — one of the highest state tallies.

2021 was a good year to invest in cryptocurrency. But then came 2022 and the trillion-dollar crypto wipeout.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with British R&B singer-songwriter Yola on her new EP, My Way, and what's changed for her creatively since she last released music.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Chief Negotiator for the Writer's Guild of America, Ellen Stutzman, about the tentative deal struck between the union and the major production studios.

The new health law will compel insurers to pay for all sorts of preventive and screening services that are supported by strong evidence.

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, or LIHEAP, helps about 6 million U.S. households pay energy bills, buy fuel, or fix broken heaters. The shutdown has stalled funds.

A former prison guard trainee who recently moved to Highlands County from Indiana killed five people during a standoff at a bank before surrendering to a…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. says he won't cooperate with an International Criminal Court probe into his country's war on drugs, which could put Marcos in a difficult spot politically.

This week NPR is examining the fast-changing world of wireless communication. Next month, the federal government will auction off a swath of airwaves that is expected to usher in a new generation of wireless devices and services. Google is among the companies that says it will bid.

The vast Ukrainian farmland abandoned due to war can be seen from space. Jailed Iranian human rights activist and journalist Narges Mohammadi wins the Nobel Peace Prize.

Days after Hurricane Irma battered South Florida, Rufus James walked through his Liberty City neighborhood in Miami looking for paid work to chop down...

Fidel Castro's recent illness has again highlighted the animosity between Cuba and the United States. But the relationship between the two neighbors hasn't always been so bitter. Host Liane Hansen speaks to Daniel Erikson, the Director of Caribbean Programs at the Inter-American Dialogue, about the history and evolution of U.S. relations with Cuba.

Actress and producer Lena Waithe picks her five favorite Tiny Desk concerts.

Margot Berwin's new novel Scent of Darkness follows a young woman rendered irresistible by a magical perfume. Reviewer Mary Bly says the problem isn't the magical-realism aspects of the story, but the dull and complacent heroine.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with GOP Rep. Steve Chabot of Ohio, member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about Secretary of State Blinken's testimony on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.