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The high court on Thursday struck down Minnesota's broad ban on "political" apparel inside polling places. But justices said similar, more narrowly written laws in other states are likely fine.

NASA has announced it is moving forward with several plans to return rock samples from Mars.

Hamas said it has accepted some elements of President Trump's plan, including giving up power and releasing all remaining hostages, but that others require further consultations among Palestinians.

The Bronx-born rapper sits with A Martínez to discuss how he advocates for price transparency and what he wants politicians in D.C. to do about it.

Dozens of witnesses are set to take the stand in the trial, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is scheduled to testify for seven hours. The outcome could reshape the future of Meta.

President Trump campaigned promising "retribution." An NPR analysis has found that during the first 100 days of his second term Trump has taken action against more than 100 people and institutions.

The gun control debate continued to dominate the news this week with President Obama coming out strongly in support of reforming the current gun control laws alongside the Newtown families. Host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic, about that story along with the bird flu in China, North Korea and the Postal Service.

A popular rafting river in the Appalachian mountains is still closed a year after Hurricane Helene, because there's just too much debris. Now, rafting guides have come together to help clean it up.

A group of volunteers spends every night for a few months acting as crossing guards for tiny amphibians: migrating salamanders.

Bad movies can be fun in their own way.

North Carolina will ease coronavirus restrictions, Gov. Roy Cooper announced Tuesday, allowing some businesses to operate at 100% capacity for the first time in more than a year.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board will vote Tuesday on plans to provide students more in-person class time, with changes starting as early as next week.

Two lifelong Republicans representing neighboring congressional districts in South Carolina, U.S. Reps. Nancy Mace and Tom Rice, are unlikely players in the fierce debate over the future of their party — and former President Donald Trump's influence over it.

As the Republican Party stampedes ever further to the right, politicians who were once the vanguard of the conservative movement, like Dan Bishop, find themselves with plenty of company.

North Carolina has been fiercely contested in the last five presidential elections. For Democrats, it’s been one of the few places they have been able to go on offense. But the state hasn’t been necessary for them to win it all.

House budget chief and former vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan unveils the House GOP budget plan Tuesday morning. On Wednesday, Senate Democrats will do the same. For more on the GOP plan, Renee Montagne speaks with NPR's Tamara Keith.

President Obama and Defense Secretary Leon Panetta both talked this week about bringing the Afghan War to a close. But the U.S. will maintain at least several thousand troops in the country once combat comes to an end at the end of 2014. The U.S. will spend billions of dollars financing the Afghan security forces.

The Trump administration has ordered several coal plants to keep operating past their planned retirement, part of a larger effort to boost the coal industry. Two Colorado utilities are pushing back.

New information about the 2020 election reveals a growing shift among Latino voters away from the Democratic party. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with OpenLabs R&D researcher David Shor about it.

The new homeland security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, has for years amplified President Trump's false claims of a stolen 2020 election. Here's why that history matters this midterm year.