Crowded planes and airports set records, straining the U.S. aviation system
The summer travel season is setting records again. Airlines are carrying more passengers than ever while operating fewer flights than they did 20 year...
SCOTUS upholds birthright citizenship, Melat Kiros poised to become the first Gen Z woman elected to Congress after Colorado primary, some World Cup m...
Serena Williams 'enjoyed the moment' despite 3-set loss at Wimbledon
Serena Williams was beaten 6-3, 6-7 (6) 6-3 by 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia in her first professional singles match in nearly four years in the...
Mexico ends a 40-year knockout drought, beats Ecuador to advance in World Cup
Mexico lost seven consecutive times at that same stage from 1994 to 2018 and didn't advance past the group stage in 2022. Now, the 40-year wait is ove...
Win or go home: The U.S. to face Bosnia and Herzegovina in World Cup knockout game
The U.S. men's team is favored in Wednesday's must-win Round of 32 match — but they haven't beaten a European team since 2021, nor won a World Cup kno...
Democratic socialist Melat Kiros poised to become the first Gen Z woman in Congress
Kiros, a political newcomer, topped 15-term-incumbent Diana DeGette in the Democratic primary in Colorado's 1st Congressional District, a reliably blu...
What the Supreme Court did on the final day of its term
The Supreme Court upheld the right of children born on U.S. soil to automatic American citizenship. In so doing, the court rejected President Trump's ...
NPR discusses error in reporting on the last day of the Supreme Court term
All Things Considered host Scott Detrow speaks with NPR's editor-in-chief Thomas Evans and Nina Totenberg about her reporting on the final day of the ...
Meta considered buying Kalshi before developing its own prediction market app
Mark Zuckerberg met with Kalshi's CEO last year about a potential deal, but talks did not move forward. Now Meta is making its own prediction market a...
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...
