FDA scientists flag concerns with peptides, the trendy molecules RFK Jr. supports
Documents reviewing the research on peptides note lack of good evidence of efficacy or safety. Yet an FDA panel will consider easing access to them la...
It's going to be a hot July Fourth for much of the country
The National Weather Service has issued heat warnings and watches for much of the Midwest and East heading into the holiday weekend. In many places, t...
Rep. Tom Kean returns to Congress, says depression is why he went missing for months
The New Jersey Republican was missing for months with no explanation for his constituents. He explained in a House floor speech that after his diagnos...
Law professor discusses Supreme Court's final rulings this term
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kim Wehle {WAIL-ee}, professor of law at the University of Baltimore School of Law, about the Supreme Court's final de...
Justice Samuel Alito, who wrote the opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, retires
Although not well known outside the court, Alito played a key role in leading the conservative charge, not just on abortion, but on a host of other is...
Tricks to help you spend less money at restaurants
Personal finance and nutrition experts share simple strategies that make it possible to eat out without spending a fortune. One tip? You might have to...
SCOTUS to rule on birthright citizenship. And, U.S. murder rate nears new low
The Supreme Court is expected to make a long-awaited ruling on birthright citizenship today, on the high court's last day of its term. And, the U.S. m...
Venezuelans deported from the U.S. were killed hours later in powerful quakes
146 Venezuelans were deported from Texas to Caracas on June 24. Hours later, while the deportees were in a guarded hotel, powerful twin earthquakes st...
Inside the coordinated strategy to radically reshape U.S. immigration
As the Supreme Court today weighs the Trump administration's effort to revoke birthright citizenship, NPR looks at what else the White House has done ...
A few years ago, experts worried about a "new normal" of elevated violent crime in the U.S. Now the country is flirting with breaking its all-time low...
Federal money for workforce training begins, but few programs qualify
July 1 marks the official opening of a program that allows federal dollars to go toward short-term workforce training programs. So far just 11 states ...
America's first Black legislators and the work to revive their legacies
Alfred Richardson and Madison Davis were the first Black legislators in Athens, Ga., elected in 1868. The backlash against them still reverberates tod...
Explosion in Monaco injuries 3, including Ukrainian tycoon
A blast from an explosive device has seriously injured three people at a residential building in Monaco, and the attacker fled to France, local author...
Michigan governor threatens to pull troops from D.C. if used for Trump task force
Michigan Gov. Whitmer is one of four Democrats who sent their states' National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. ahead of America 250 celebrations in r...
Wheelchair users say private equity is making repairs harder
People who rely on wheelchairs say that industry consolidation driven by private equity means long delays in getting them fixed, which isolates them f...
The Temporary Protected Status program may effectively be over. Here's what we know.
A Supreme Court ruling gives the Trump administration space to strip this status from hundreds of thousands of more people from the few remaining coun...
Supreme Court takes sledgehammer to much of federal government's regulatory structure
The Supreme Court struck down most of the limits that Congress and the courts had previously established to protect the independence of regulatory age...
Venezuela's deadly quakes put its U.S.-backed government to the test
Venezuela's La Guaira state bore the brunt of the earthquake damage, bringing memories of a 1999 disaster that became President Hugo Chávez's first ma...
Senate Ethics Committee dismisses complaint against Sen. Ruben Gallego
The committee had been alerted by a fellow member of Congress of allegations of campaign finance violations and potential sexual misconduct, but said ...
They were world-class tennis rivals. Now friends, they've teamed up against cancer
They were the women's tennis champions of their generation. Now, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova open up about friendship, cancer and retirement i...
Writing for the 6-3 majority, Justice Elena Kagan said that the technique, known as geofencing, violates the Fourth Amendment's prohibition against un...
Supreme Court cements Trump's power over agencies long considered independent
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court struck down a 91-year-old precedent that has prevented presidents from removing members of independent agencies m...
