Six months after the election, a federal judge has ordered that a contest for the North Carolina should finally be over, in a case that targeted thousands of votes on technical grounds.

For the first time since his confirmation, Secretary of VA Doug Collins appeared before the Senate VA committee, after three months of controversial VA policy announcements.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with scientist Alejandra Ramos, who just led a study about axolotls born in captivity who were released into the wild and survived.

Oil prices have hit a multi-year low after OPEC decided to increase production, even as analysts worry that tariffs will disrupt the global economy enough to bring down demand for crude.

The most detailed plan to reshape the Army began taking shape long before Pete Hegseth's arrival as secretary of defense.

India has launched strikes in several parts of Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled territory, in a dramatic escalation of ...

NPR's Life Kit team offers tips for how to read deeply in an age when we are constantly distracted.

Pope Francis worked to make the Catholic church more open to the LGBTQ community than ever. On the eve of the papal conclave, Scott Detrow speaks with the Rev. James Martin about what happens now.

Three reporters from the Baltimore Banner - a relatively new publication -- won a Pulitzer for their reporting on the overdose crisis in Baltimore done in conjunction with the New York Times.

Prime Minister Mark Carney won the Canadian election vowing to take on President Trump. Their first meeting on Tuesday was ...

The finals of the Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition take place in Washington, D.C., this week. NPR asked some of this year's competitors about how to master a poem.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to journalist and author Ruthie Ackerman about her new book, The Mother Code: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Myths that Shape Us.