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Rep. Mike Quigley tells Trump to 'put your ego in your pocket'

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D.-Ill speaks with Morning Edition about a classified assessment that showed U.S. strikes did not "obliterate" Iran's nuclear program as President Trump said.

As Trump shrinks other parts of government, immigration task forces grow

The Trump administration is tapping several other agencies to help deport and arrest those without legal status — a novel step that is prompting some pushback.

Mexico faces off with U.S. gunmakers at the Supreme Court

The country claims Smith & Wesson and other gunmakers are turning a blind eye to hundreds of thousands of high-powered weapons made in the U.S that are illegally trafficked into in the hands of Mexican cartels.

Russell Vought, the director of the Office of Management and Budget and now acting director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, wrote, "the weaponization of 'consumer protection' must end," when the new administration moved to dismiss a case against SoLo Funds, an online lender that had been accused of lying to consumers and deceiving them into paying high fees.

Trump agencies drop dozens of Biden-era cases against crypto, other companies

A Public Citizen report obtained exclusively by NPR shows the new administration has halted or tried to dismiss cases or investigations against at least 89 companies in the last month.

Celebrated author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'I have always longed to be known'

Celebrated Nigerian writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about her new book, "Dream Count."

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.

For nearly two decades, children in Sleetmute, Alaska, have been going to school in a building with a leaking roof. The state repeatedly ignored funding requests to fix it, and the school is now full of mold and in danger of collapse.

Rural schools in Alaska are crumbling. The state is the likely culprit.

Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primarily serve Indigenous children.

A photo illustration shows a representation of cryptocurrency coins with the $Trump meme coin (collection coin) in Brussels, Belgium, on Monday.

4 things to know about Trump's plan for a 'crypto strategic reserve'

The prospect of a federal strategic reserve is a major step in President Trump's vision to establish the U.S. as the crypto capital of the world and could be a game changer for the industry.

From blah to buoyant, these skills can improve your mood and optimism

Last fall, thousands of people took part in a stress reduction study, learning skills that can improve mood and reduce anxiety. The results are in: Here's what they show.

Women are breaking Brazil's 'bate-bola' Carnival mold

Women are taking their rightful place in Rio's "Carnival of the streets" — the "bate-bolas," translated literally, as ball beaters.

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