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President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House, Jan. 30.

Some federal web pages still down as agencies implement order 'defending women'

After the president signed an executive order "defending women against gender ideology extremism," several federal government websites on gender and sexual health disappeared.

NASA has instructed employees, contractors and grantees to remove all pronouns from their signatures.

NASA instructs employees to remove pronouns from all work communications

An email seen by NPR says the move is to comply with a presidential order to "restore biological truth" to the government.

Billionaire and presidential adviser Elon Musk speaking during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, on Feb. 26, 2025.

DOGE's savings page fixed old mistakes — and added new ones

An NPR review of new data added to DOGE's "wall of receipts" finds the group quietly changed previous errors, added new ones and still has little verified savings to show for its work.

Faced with a shortage of counselors, California schools are offering AI chatbots to more students. They're offering advice on college and career options.

AI chatbots can cushion the high school counselor shortage — but are they bad for students?

The more students turn to chatbots, the fewer chances they have to develop real-life relationships that can lead to jobs and later success.

A woman lays a rosary on Saturday near candles adorned with pictures of Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic where Pope Francis is battling pneumonia in Rome.

Pope Francis is in critical condition, the Vatican says

The 88-year-old Francis has been hospitalized for a week with a complex lung infection.

Trump wants Palestinians out of Gaza. Here are Egypt's plans to keep them there

Arab leaders will meet in Cairo to reject Palestinian displacement from Gaza. NPR looks at Egypt's reconstruction plans for Gaza that counter President Trump's ideas of expulsion.

Elon Musk speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC, at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, on Thursday in Oxon Hill, Md.

Status of Oceanside Social Security office in doubt amid DOGE cuts

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) website says a Social Security Administration office in Carlsbad was closed. However, the office is not in Carlsbad, it's in Oceanside.

A view of the campus of Harvard University

Harvard will be free for students whose families make $100,000 or less

The expanded financial aid plan will also offer free tuition to families that make $200,000 or less. The move comes after affirmative action was barred from the admissions process.

This Harlem pastor fights mental health stigma — and shares his own struggles

First Corinthian Baptist Church founded a separate nonprofit that employs therapists to bring mental health care to a community where stigma remains a high barrier to healing.

Robert Pattinson stars as various versions of the same character in Mickey 17.

Live, die, repeat: Bong Joon Ho offers a farcical vision of the future in 'Mickey 17'

Robert Pattinson plays a space traveler who's repeatedly killed and resurrected in the name of scientific research in this otherworldly farce. It's Bong's first movie since his Oscar-winning Parasite.

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