National

U.S. Army Sgt. Salvador Hernandez stands beside Stryker combat vehicles while watching over the U.S.-Mexico border fence from a hilltop in Nogales, Ariz., Tuesday, July 22, 2025.

Jae C. Hong

A man is halted climbing the US-Mexico border wall. Under new Trump rules, US troops sound the alarm

Morgan Lee

Inside an armored vehicle, an Army scout uses a joystick to direct a long-range optical scope toward a man perched atop the U.S.-Mexico border wall cutting across the hills of this Arizona frontier community.

International

Arizona woman to serve 8 years for identity theft scheme benefiting North Korea
National

Lawmakers seek to ban federal agents from wearing masks
Education

Education Department says it's releasing more than $5 billion in frozen grants

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Environment

Rural communities were promised millions in disaster funds. Trump is ending it

Lauren Sommer

Rebecca Hersher

Rural communities are scrambling after the Trump administration canceled billions in disaster grants. Many were counting on the funds for infrastructure fixes meant to withstand future disasters.
National

People who fled authoritarian regimes say Trump's tactics remind them of home

Frank Langfitt

Politicians, lawyers and journalists who left behind autocratic systems in Europe, Asia and Latin America see the Trump administration employing similar methods.
National

May Day protesters rally nationwide against the 'war on working people'

Emma Bowman

Protesters across the U.S. on Thursday used the international labor day to push back against what they see as an anti-immigrant and anti-worker agenda being pushed by the Trump administration.
Health

Florida moves to ban fluoride from public drinking water

Alana Wise

If the bill is signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida would be the second state, after Utah, to ban the additive from its drinking water sources.
Politics

Heritage Foundation president on Trump's first 100 days

Juana Summers

Patrick Jarenwattananon

Lauren Hodges

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Kevin Roberts — president of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025 — about the Trump administration's recent actions.
Education

Supreme Court seems poised to require state-funded charter schools to include religious schools

Nina Totenberg

The case is from Oklahoma, which like 45 other states, has laws that say charter schools must be public schools funded by the state, closely supervised by the state, and be non-sectarian.
Economy

Ford Motor CEO 'welcomes' Trump's move to ease tariffs on automakers

Alejandra Marquez Janse

Mary Louise Kelly

John Ketchum

President Trump is easing some of his tariffs on the U.S. auto industry. But what will the overall impact of these economic policies mean for the nation's biggest carmakers? Ford Motor CEO weighs in.
National

Budget airline Avelo faces backlash for signing up to fly deportation flights for ICE

Joel Rose

Facing financial headwinds, budget carrier Avelo Airlines struck a deal to operate deportation flights for ICE. Now it's dealing with angry customers and politicians at its hub in Connecticut.
National

The FBI and other agencies are using polygraphs to find leakers. But do they work?

Juliana Kim

Polygraph exams are commonly called "lie-detector tests" but experts say that's not true.
Politics

Trump fires Biden appointees, including Doug Emhoff, from the Holocaust Museum board

Rachel Treisman

Critics see the terminations as an effort to politicize the Holocaust museum. The White House says Trump will appoint new board members "who are also steadfast supporters of the State of Israel."