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Musk claims DOGE is saving taxpayers billions, but the data is unclear

President Trump, Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency have touted billions in terminated contracts deemed wasteful, but there's little transparency about how savings are tracked.

Journalist Brian Reed is shown in this undated photo.

Public Matters: Brian Reed on the future of journalism

Brian Reed was the host of the hit podcast, S-Town. Public Matters Reporter Amita Sharma spoke to Reed about how the podcast’s aftermath changed his views on journalism.

Encinitas firefighter Jon Lim doing the rope exercise at The Camp Transformation Center, San Marcos, on Dec. 9, 2024.

Study shows social media creates body dysmorphia among young men

A recent Australian study shows that social media platforms like TikTok and Instagram are fueling young men with unhealthy and often unrealistic obsession with lean physiques.

U.S. President Donald Trump takes questions from reporters about the collision of an American Airlines flight with a military Black Hawk helicopter near Ronald Reagan National Airport, in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Jan. 30, 2025 in Washington, DC.

People with intellectual disabilities do lots of jobs — but they don't direct air traffic

After the fatal crash over the Potomac River, President Trump blamed diversity hiring. But that's not how disability hiring works.

The FBI says this photograph, taken the day after NFL quarterback Joe Burrow's house was burglarized, shows several suspects in the crime with items that were reported stolen, including Burrow's jewelry bearing his jersey number, 9. The agency believes the theft was the work of a South American crime ring.

Burglary of Joe Burrow's home is linked to a pattern of 'crime tourism,' FBI says

High-profile burglaries of pro athletes are seen as part of a wider pattern of criminals traveling from South America to target affluent homes in the U.S.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on the sideline of the National People's Congress in Beijing on Friday.

5 takeaways: China's foreign minister slams Trump's 'two-faced' policies

China's top foreign policy official addressed the escalating trade war with the U.S. and promoted China as an "anchor" on the global stage as America retreats from international involvement.

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va.

Listen: Air traffic controller audio before the midair plane crash near D.C.

Air traffic controller audio and radar reviewed by NPR offer some insight into what happened before the collision near Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

The International Revenue Service headquarters building is seen on August 21, 2024 in Washington, D.C.

Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September

Through an email blast, federal workers were given the opportunity to resign from their jobs before Feb. 6 and retain full pay and benefits through Sept. 30.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. spoke during a hearing with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol Hill on July 20, 2023 in Washington, DC.

Doctors opposing RFK Jr. rally in the lead-up to his confirmation

Many health professionals are lining up against Trump's pick for health secretary. They say his anti-vaccine views could cost lives. Some of his supporters embrace his stance.

U.S. Ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy speaks during a tour of the Osbourne Naval Shipyards and Australian Submarine Corporation facilities in Adelaide, South Australia, on March 22, 2024.

Caroline Kennedy calls her cousin, RFK Jr., a 'predator' ahead of his confirmation hearings

In a letter, Kennedy said RFK Jr. was "unqualified" to be the new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary just hours before he was scheduled to appear for confirmation hearings.

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