We talk with a NOAA scientist about the Northern Lights, and why their visibility seems to be increasing. Scott Detrow is a White House correspondent for NPR and co-hosts the NPR Politics Podcast.

In the wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack last month, Australia toughened its gun laws on Tuesday.

In West Africa, tiny Benin is riding a coastal building boom — but beneath the cranes and construction, new inequalities are taking hold.

Security at the biggest ISIS detention camp in Syria has collapsed as Syrian Kurds withdraw to face advancing government forces.

President Trump held court with reporters for more than 90 minutes marking the first year anniversary of his second term.

Connie Sherburne lost her husband to a plane accident in 2020. A small bit of advice she got from an insurance company employee made a huge difference in her life for years after that.

Three states have tried to put the Ten Commandments in schools, and they’ve been blocked in courts. In Ohio, some lawmakers are considering an approach that groups it with historic documents like the ...

Here & Now ‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with NPR correspondent Elissa Nadworny about President Trump’s impact on higher ...

In his latest column, Princeton historian Julian Zelizer argues that President Trump has robustly used his presidential authority to advance his agenda, putting to rest the myth that the Republican ...

But a change that political watchers and historians are also pointing out is a loss of civility in public discourse, as the president increasingly incorporates coarse language, taunts, insults and ...

The city of San Francisco is planning a renovation of a plaza that would destroy one of its most distinguishable features: a fountain that became an iconic backdrop to the city’s skate scene in the ...

President Trump is ramping up tariff threats against Europe as part of his escalating pressure campaign to acquire the Danish territory of Greenland.