Ted Olson, the Bush-era solicitor general, has died. He was 84. Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines ...

Fire officials say they've stopped the spread of the deadly Jennings Creek wildfire that's burning in rugged terrain on the New York-New Jersey border. But drought is causing more fires.

The posters, which appeared across campus, accuse university faculty of being complicit in war crimes against Palestinians in ...

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran to be his secretary of defense. The 44-year-old Hegseth came as a surprise.

President-elect Trump has tapped Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lead what he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE. Still, only Congress can create a new federal agency.

By the numbers, inflation in America continues in the same direction: Easing largely — but still sticky. Data out on ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sharon Horgan, creator and star of Bad Sisters, about the show's second season.

President-elect Donald Trump today made announced his pick for one of the biggest jobs in his new administration: attorney general. And for that job, Trump has chosenC Florida congressman Matt Gaetz.

The biggest issue facing world leaders this year is boosting funding for climate action in developing countries. Climate funding is always in short supply, especially in hard-hit poorer countries.

Latino voters moved toward president-elect Donald Trump by double-digit margins, according to some exit polls. That support is especially strong among Latino evangelicals.

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Republicans have officially won a full trifecta of power in Washington, D.C., following GOP victories in several key U.S.