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Paper straws sit on a bar in San Francisco in 2018. President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop buying paper straws.

Trump says 'we're going back to plastic straws.' Is the paper straw dead?

President Trump has signed an executive order decrying the "irrational campaign against plastic straws" and directing federal agencies to stop buying paper straws.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) rehearses her Democratic response to President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in Wyandotte, Mich., a part of the state she and Trump both won in 2024.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin says more unites Americans than divides after Trump's speech

Michigan's Slotkin — a centrist with deep national security credentials — delivered the Democrats' rebuttal to Trump's speech, highlighting bipartisanship and the "core beliefs" most Americans share.

San Diego County Board of Education races

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 5, 2024 election guide for the San Diego County Board of Education races.

Lawmakers sit at desks ini the California State Senate chambers with it characteristic red carpeted floors

State Senate District 39 race explainer

Meet the candidates and learn what's at stake with KPBS' Nov. 5, 2024 election guide for the California State Senate District 39 race.

A person picks up their mail at the U.S. Postal Service truck in Niland, California on February 20, 2025.

Three years later, Niland is still fighting to get its post office back

Despite inquiries from two U.S. senators and a member of Congress, the U.S. Postal Service has made little progress towards reopening the tiny Imperial Valley town’s post office.

For these seniors, DOGE's affordable housing pause means suffering longer without AC

The Trump administration froze funding for a program to upgrade aging low-income housing and make it energy efficient. The move threatens hundreds of projects around the country.

Former U.S. Agency for International Development employees terminated after the Trump administration effectively dismantled the agency collect their personal belongings at USAID headquarters on Feb. 27 in Washington, D.C.

A federal judge says the USAID shutdown likely violated the Constitution

The judge wrote: "Musk made the decisions to shutdown USAID's headquarters and website even though he lacked the authority to make that decision." What does that mean for the agency's future?

James Boasberg shown here on Monday, March 13, 2023.

4 things to know about Judge Boasberg as he battles Trump over deportation flights

Judge Boasberg's role overseeing a new case that challenges the deportation of alleged Venezuelan gang members to El Salvador has cast an even brighter light on the longtime judge.

UC San Diego guard Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones (12) dribbles the ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against UC Irvine in the championship of the Big West Conference tournament Saturday, March 15, 2025, in Henderson, Nev.

UCSD to face Michigan in NCAA Division I men's tournament debut

UCSD enters Thursday's game with a 15-game winning streak, the longest in the nation, with 13 of victories by double digits, including five by 20 or more.

Crowds outside the New York Stock Exchange during the Wall Street Crash in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, Oct. 1929.

Did tariffs contribute to the Great Depression? Here's what to know

Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. NPR interviewed economists who discussed the causes of the Great Depression.

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