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The majority opinion in each case was written by one of the court's liberals, proving that liberals too can rule for religion, for gun manufacturers, and for a woman claiming she was discriminated against on the job for being straight.

U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.

The federal government is scaling back data collection used to calculate the inflation rate because of staff shortages. Economists warn that could make for less accurate cost-of-living measures.

Trump alleges the Biden administration used a machine to sign key documents, as many presidents do. Biden says he made policy decisions himself: "Any suggestion that I didn't is ridiculous and false."

Vuong's new novel, The Emperor of Gladness, is the first he's written, from start to finish, since his mother died in 2019. He says writing it was a way to honor her memory.

ICE detentions have surged, but deportations have not. In the past month, NPR spoke to dozens of detainees, families and lawyers who spoke of overcrowded centers in Florida lacking food and medicine.

There’s a related expression from Italy that can mean to insulate yourself from the world’s unpleasantness.

Bus rapid transit — BRT — is expanding in cities across the country, showing that it's possible to improve public transportation without rail lines or subways, which are more expensive and complicated to build.

President Trump and his former adviser, Elon Musk, lashed out at each other on social media Thursday in a public feud that has ramped up since Musk left his role with the administration last week.

A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the government to immediately halt deportation proceedings against the wife and five children of a man charged in the firebombing attack in Boulder, Colorado, responding to what the judge called an urgent situation to ensure the protection of the family's constitutional rights.

The House passed a $455 million Helene relief bill. Senate Republicans say the state budget is a better place to consider additional storm recovery funds.

In separate hearings on Capitol Hill this week, the Education Secretary answered questions about a range of issues, from student loans to mental health programs.

More than 20,000 residents were evacuated from Cologne's city center Wednesday after the bombs were unearthed on Monday during preparatory work for road construction.

The suspended lawmakers from the Māori Party performed the haka, a dance of challenge, last November to oppose a widely unpopular bill, now defeated, that they said would reverse Indigenous rights.

A new White House proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza that's been accepted by Israel is now facing pushback from Hamas, in a development a top U.S. diplomat is calling "unacceptable."

A classified UN report found that Iran has sharply increased its uranium stockpile since February. This comes just as the U.S. prepares for renewed nuclear talks with Tehran.

In a post on social media late Saturday, Trump said he was withdrawing Isaacman's nomination after a "thorough review" of the tech billionaire's "prior associations."

Hundreds of people were arrested in the celebrations, which were largely peaceful but degenerated into violence in some areas.

Russia's Investigative Committee, the country's top criminal investigation agency, said in a statement that explosions had caused the two bridges to collapse, but did not give further details.

The administration argues the men's home countries won't take them — but lawyers say getting sent to a country like South Sudan could lead to more persecution.