Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, said in televised remarks Thursday that the Strait of Hormuz — the shipping route for a fifth of the world’s oil supply — should remain closed.

Voting in the primary for California governor ends on Tuesday, and so far, there’s no clear frontrunner in this crowded race. Roughly 60 candidates are on the ballot to succeed Democratic Gov. Gavin ...

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving forward with a controversial oil deal that he says will help the country survive President Trump’s trade war. Last week, Canada struck a deal with the ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was seen for years as a master of tilting the electoral playing field in his favor to remain in power. On Sunday, his carefully-crafted strategy finally failed.

The team behind Stranger Things has another series about a group of quirky misfits and mysterious creatures. The Boroughs is well worth seeing — as much for its veteran cast as for its story.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with NPR Justice Correspondent Ryan Lucas and National Security Correspondent Greg Myre about security at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the war in Iran.

This week, Iran rejected an American plan to pause the war and countered with its own. Thousands of additional U.S. troops are moving closer to the region. Bernard Haykel, professor of Near Eastern ...

One of our NPR College Podcast Challenge finalists brings the story of a group of women who, every week, take an icy plunge into the Connecticut River. This is an excerpt from "Brave Souls" by Eliza ...

Democrats aim to flip a dozen Republican-held House seats in red districts around the country. Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s involvement in promotions across the military has raised concerns that he is targeting officers for their race or gender, their association with diversity, equity and ...

Since the Supreme Court delivered a massive blow to the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Republicans in the South have been working quickly to redraw congressional maps to gain an advantage in this year’s ...

David Folkenflik was described by Geraldo Rivera of Fox News as "a really weak-kneed, backstabbing, sweaty-palmed reporter." Others have been kinder. The Columbia Journalism Review, for example, once ...