Platner's voters are reeling as Maine Democratic Party races to choose his replacement
Graham Platner generated enthusiasm in Maine with his progressive policies. Now he's out of the race, and his supporters have to decide what's next, a...
Some states will ask voters to make it harder to pass constitutional amendments
Several states have ballot measures this year that could raise the thresholds needed to pass state constitutional amendments. Many advocates are criti...
Trump's National Guard deployment in D.C. has been extended until 2029
President Trump's deployment of the National Guard to Washington, D.C. has been extended several times. Now, it's set to last until Inauguration Day 2...
Your cheat sheet to the teams headed to the World Cup semi-finals
We're at the final stretch of the World Cup. It feels like just yesterday, international fans were arriving in the U.S. and marveling at Buc-ee's and ...
The star-studded World Cup semifinals kick off with France vs. Spain
The expanded World Cup allowed FIFA to introduce a new seeding system that placed the world's top teams in opposite corners of the knockout bracket. N...
Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care
NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender affirming care for y...
South Carolina's governor names Lindsey Graham's sister to serve out his term
South Carolina's governor says he is appointing Darline Graham Nordone to finish the term of her late brother. Top Republicans, including President Tr...
On foreign policy, Graham's influence may have been felt the most
Over the course of his three decades in Congress, Lindsey Graham was a major influence on Capitol Hill and throughout the world as one of the most voc...
Trump says the U.S. will reinstate its blockade on Iran and charge a toll on ships
The move comes after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire for the third weekend in a row, raising the specter of a return to all-out war after a shaky cea...
States sue to stop Paramount-Warner Bros blockbuster merger
California is among the states suing to block Paramount from buying Warner Bros. Discovery in a Hollywood mega-merger that would unite some of the nat...
How federal prison guards stop lawsuits before they start
Prisoners are allowed to file complaints about mistreatment — but doing so often comes with retaliation. That's according to an investigation by NPR a...
EV battery recycling has an economics problem. Colorado has a solution
For some electric vehicle batteries, it costs more to recycle them than they're worth. That creates all kinds of problems, which a new Colorado law ai...
He was having a mental health crisis. Memphis task force agents came and shot him
Jonah Neal, 25, was struck by a Homeland Security Investigations agent in May. There have been at least four deadly shootings related to the task forc...
The U.S. strikes Iran for a third weekend as Iran retaliates by hitting Gulf nations, Sen. Lindsey Graham died Saturday at the age of 71, Congress ret...
Jubilee Media helps politicians connect with young people through viral debate videos
Jubilee Media produces some of the most watched content on YouTube. That includes the show "Surrounded," which has increasingly become a stop for poli...
Sam Neill, known for 'Jurassic Park' and 'The Piano,' dies at 78, his family says
In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Neill died on Monday in S...
McConnell says a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking weeks of silence
Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting specu...
Want to own a real T. rex? It could cost you $30 million
The Tyrannosaurus rex fossil known as "Gus" will go up for auction on Tuesday. It's not the first time dinosaur bones have been sold to the highest bi...
Georgia's unique in the American Revolution told through its historical markers
NPR's Don Gonyea speaks with Andrew Iden, Executive Producer of Marked!: The Podcast, which examines Georgia's role in America's revolutionary period ...
Fire breaks out at a pub in Bangkok, killing at least 27 people, officials say
Footage shared online by first responders shows a huge blaze raging and plumes coming out of the front door of the pub in the northern part of the Tha...
Toronto police looking for suspects after deadly shooting at festival
At least two people are dead and at least four people are injured after a shooting on Saturday night at a festival celebrating Latin culture in Canada...
What to know about the cyclosporiasis outbreak hitting more than half of U.S. states
A surge of cases of the intestinal illness that causes diarrhea and nausea has been detected in 31 states, according to federal health authorities, bu...
A Bible passage is at the center of a debate over how the U.S. should treat immigrants
A debate over the Bible verse Matthew 25 is pitting mainline pastors, Black protestants and the pope against evangelical politicians put on the defens...
Could fish be a secret ingredient for rice farmers to avoid disease and make more money?
Farmers in Senegal are welcoming fish into their rice paddies. The hope is they'll fertilize the crop, be a source of food ... and eat the snails that...
Getting campaign text messages ahead of midterms? There could be an AI bot behind it
Taught to sound like a candidate, bots are engaging voters with personalized text messages making AI-generated texting conversations the latest tool p...
