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A second Trump term might mean a lower tax bill, but it could have drastic consequences for the national budget. We take a look at the impact on taxes and Social Security.

The foot-stomping, folk-rock hit-makers behind "Ho Hey" premiere their first new music since 2012.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Dr. Elias Warrak, an ophthalmologist who has treated blast victims in and around Beirut following a series of deadly explosions of handheld devices across Lebanon.

Nearly three years after Ireland voted to legalize same-sex marriage, the country is due to hold another referendum this spring on whether to legalize abortion.

NPR's Rachel Martin is joined by Michele Obama to play the Wild Card game, in which guests randomly select questions from a deck of cards.

Former President Trump scored a big win in the Iowa caucuses, as one of his co-defendants in the Georgia election interference case has made serious allegations about Fulton County DA Fani Wilis.

In 1980, Elaine Batchelor was attacked on a night train while backpacking alone in Europe. Two strangers stepped in and stayed by her side for the rest of the 12-hour ride.

The release of the band's 10th album, and a world tour in support of it, had to be put on hold thanks to you-know-what. But there's only so long folks can wait before needing some release.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Cindy McCain, executive director of the World Food Program, about the crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and cuts to WFP funding.

Mychal Threets, the host of the revival of the beloved children's program "Reading Rainbow" discusses challenges to libraries, including a rise in book bans.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with CNN's Senior International Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh about the climate deal recently reached at a major conference in Poland.

In 2008, historian Tony Judt was diagnosed with ALS, a progressive motor-neuron disease. For the past several months, Judt has been writing a series of essays for The New York Review of Books, charting life in what he calls a "progressive imprisonment without parole."

Jones grew up black, gay and isolated in Texas. He chronicles his wobbly path to self-affirmation in the raw and eloquent new memoir, How We Fight for Our Lives.

Novelists Jonathan Safran Foer and Nathan Englander set out to bring literary quality to an ancient sacred text with New American Haggadah. Foer edited the volume, while Englander provided new translations from the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

Essence might be the longest-running magazine for black women, but the authors of a new book, The Man From Essence, say that the road to building the brand had many twists and turns.

Comedian Rob Delaney draws a question from the Wild Card deck and tells NPR's Rachel Martin about a time when a stranger made him feel loved.

Republican and Democratic voters in rural Georgia unite over one issue -- their opposition to data centers.

A U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals panel upheld restrictions on the abortion pill mifepristone, finding that the FDA didn't take safety concerns into account when making the pill more accessible.

What do a strong latte, a drop in barometric pressure, and soybeans have in common? Neurologist Dr. David Buchholz believes they're all triggers for migraines. And he doesn't believe heavy-duty pain medications are the answer.

A father and son discuss an old Alaskan whaling tradition known as the blanket toss.

Kendall and Logan are forced into an uncomfortable meeting with an investor, while Roman and Shiv continue to maneuver and Tom tries to come to terms with prison.

The Labor Department says consumer prices jumped 5% for the 12 months ending in May. That's the sharpest increase in nearly 13 years, as the economy rebounds from the pandemic recession.

For many Muslims, western holiday celebrations like Christmas once felt like the kind of universal affirmation we could never attain. But, today, it's a markedly different story.

Roger Hawkins, drummer and cofounder of Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, has died. He played on albums for everyone from Aretha Franklin to Wilson Pickett.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with comedian Roy Wood, Jr., about his new podcast, "Road to Rickwood," about the legendary ballfield in Birmingham, Ala., that hosted a major league ballgame this month.