The books we're spotlighting this month don't exactly radiate escapist good vibes — but they do offer the opportunity to step into someone else's life and get to know their view of our shared world.

With elections in Georgia and Wisconsin Tuesday, Democrats continued to overperform, which the party started in 2025 when it ...

Investors around the world breathed a sigh of relief at the prospect of peace — and an easing of the global energy crisis.

Iranian state media showed images of Iranians celebrating the news of the ceasefire, but for many, the deal also means an end to any hope of real regime change.

Clay Fuller received President Trump's endorsement earlier in the election season in the race to replace former Rep. Marjorie Tayler Greene. He will serve out the remainder of Greene's term.

The US and Iran have reached an agreement for a two week ceasefire as more than 70 Democratic lawmakers call for Trump’s ...

In Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an urgent care center is seeing patients who want a medication abortion. It's a model other states can use when operating a reproductive rights clinic becomes too hard.

Some people use sarcasm jokingly. But funnily enough, we tend not to find it witty when we're on the receiving end.

With President Trump declaring a two-week ceasefire, NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Suzanne Maloney, vice president and director for foreign policy at Brookings, about Iran's next moves.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Tomas {TAHM-us} Philipson, a former senior economic adviser in President Trump's first term, about the impact of the president's wartime threats on the global economy.

American journalist Shelly Kittleson has been released a week after she was kidnapped by an Iranian-backed Iraqi militant group.

NPR's A Martinez talks to television producer Eric Kripke and actor Jessie T. Usher about the final season premiere of the satirical superhero series "The Boys." ...