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The 'Oscar' of food prizes goes to a Brazilian who harnessed the power of bacteria

This year's $500,000 World Food Prize, for advances in agriculture and nutrition, goes to Mariangela Hungria, who boosted Brazil's farming revolution, turning the country into a soybean superpower.

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.

More than 150 workers at the CFPB have been laid off so far this week. Agency staff fear more job cuts loom.

Up to 100 more workers are fired at CFPB as staff fear mass layoffs are looming

About 70-100 employees were terminated at the CFPB, following dozens of recent workers who were fired earlier this week. Agency staff are bracing for even wider layoffs.

Rendering of proposed 125-unit affordable housing site in Cortez Hill is shown in this undated photo.

Officials break ground on 125-unit affordable housing site in Cortez Hill

Construction was underway Tuesday to turn the former site of the county's Family Court into 125 affordable housing units for seniors and families with low income.

Attorney General Rob Bonta makes an appearance during a session at the state Capitol in Sacramento on Jan. 4, 2023.

Is the US in a constitutional crisis? California’s attorney general says not yet

Democratic attorneys general have different views on whether the U.S. is in a constitutional crisis during the new Trump administration.

Trump executive order seeks to 'restore' American history through Smithsonian overhaul

The "Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History" order removes "divisive, race-centered ideology" from Smithsonian museums, educational and research centers, and the National Zoo.

U.S. education policy is at a crossroads. This congressional hearing shows why

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, partisan differences were on full display.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on Wednesday. Leavitt said judges blocking the Trump administration's actions were causing a constitutional crisis.

As judges block broad actions, White House says courts causing constitutional crisis

Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said that judges blocking Trump administration actions were causing a constitutional crisis.

U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat from Colorado, is shown Jan. 29, 2025, questioning Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Kennedy's nomination to be health and human services secretary.

Sen. Bennet on Dem leaders: 'It's important for people to know when it's time to go'

Colorado Democratic Sen. Michael Bennet stopped short Wednesday of calling on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from leadership, but came pretty darn close.

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