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In a new book, analyst Dan Wang uses "engineering state" vs. "lawyerly society" to explain how China got ahead and America stagnated.

Carlos Alcaraz won his second U.S. Open Sunday, besting rival Jannik Sinner. The match was the third straight Grand Slam final between the two who've been dubbed "The New Two" or "Sincaraz."

The head of the TSA is in Chicago Friday, trying to mend fences with city leaders and angry airline passengers who have been stuck waiting for hours to get through security checkpoints.

It's been one month since the attempt on former President Trump's life. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Washington Post reporter Carol Leonnig about pressures on the Secret Service.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Tom Smith, executive director of the American Society of Civil Engineers, about the current state of the nation's infrastructure. The group issued a report card in 2017.

FlightAware showed Florida airports reporting numerous cancellations Sunday: Miami had 224, Fort Lauderdale 277, 173 in Tampa, 375 in Orlando, 79 in Jacksonville, 52 in Sarasota, eight in St. Pete-Clearwater and four in Punta Gorda.

When their 13-year-old brother (Case Walker) becomes a YouTube star, directionless New Yorkers Brooke (Heléne Yorke) and Cary (Drew Tarver) reluctantly find themselves drawn into his entourage.

There are fears that the U.S. economy could face tough times ahead. But many of the typical tools Washington would use to boost the economy have been deployed during the last few years of growth.

Chuck Hagel would be the first Defense secretary to have worn the uniform of an enlisted man, and also the first to have fought in Vietnam. Hagel won two purple hearts, and still carries some of the scars and shrapnel from that war. Obama says that makes him the kind of Pentagon leader that U.S. troops deserve.

Carlson alleges that Ailes created a pervasively sexist atmosphere and that she was cut from Fox for rebuffing his sexual advances. She says she was told to learn to "get along with the boys."

After many private conversations, the overhaul effort is shifting into high gear. At the center of the campaign is Gary Cohn, an ex-Goldman Sachs executive who directs the National Economic Council.

Project 2025 is a 922-page blueprint for the next Republican president from the Heritage Foundation, a conservatives thinktank. But the plan has mostly attracted negative attention.

The flu is spreading rapidly across the U.S. this season, and it is expected to get worse. And, protests have erupted across Iran over the country's troubled economy.

Somali-run daycare centers in Minnesota report receiving threats following a viral video that accused them of fraud. And, how Trump could play a role in extending ACA subsidies.

A century ago, miners in Tonopah risked their lives to pull a fortune of silver and gold from the nearby mountains. Though the mines went quiet years ago, the town of a little more than 2,000 people is betting that another boom is on the horizon.

The Department of Defense Inspector General blames four canine deaths on outdated and unsanitary military kennels at 10 bases.

Border czar Tom Homan heads to Minnesota to replace Greg Bovino amid the immigration crackdown backlash. And a trial starts today to decide whether social media firms knowingly harm young users.

The jury in Trump's New York trial begins deliberations. South Africans head to the polls in an election that could bring the biggest shift since the end of apartheid.

Maine police are searching for a person of interest after a series of mass shootings last night. The U.N. says it can't continue to distribute aid in Gaza without more fuel.

Biden and Trump win Michigan's primary, but "uncommitted" voters send Biden a message about his support for Israel. Two Alabama senate bills aim to protect IVF treatments in the state.

Special counsel report finds Biden willfully retained classified documents but declines to charge him. The Supreme Court is skeptical of Trump's disqualification from Colorado's primary ballot.

People in Florida no longer have access to abortion after six weeks of pregnancy. Police have cleared Hamilton Hall and the pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University.

We have analysis on President Trump's decision to topple Venezuela's leader, and how it will be viewed by his MAGA supporters.

Ten years after China ended its one-child policy, fertility rates have not bounced back. NPR speaks with journalist Cindy Yu about what this means.

The Pentagon said in a statement Thursday that it has "officially informed Anthropic leadership the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk, effective immediately."