Newly elected Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a series of confrontations ahead within his own party.

NPR's podcast Short Wave brings the stories of a newly identified deep sea creature, the benefits of exercise for healing our nervous system and science-backed tips for holiday eating.

Every year, millions of pounds of garbage pollute freshwater lakes across the U.S. In Minnesota, scuba divers took a deeper look at where all the underwater trash is coming from and how to prevent it.

The Biden administration pumped billions of dollars into roads, bridges, airports and rail -- but saw little if any political benefit in the election.

Trump has named the ambassador to Israel as former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who says there is no such place as the West Bank.

In Jacques Audiard's melodrama Emilia Perez, a prosecutor gets an unusual request from the head of a Mexican cartel. He wants help transitioning out of his life of crime and his life as a man.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a former presidential candidate who has a history of spreading conspiracy theories, including about ...

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly promised to investigate, prosecute, imprison or otherwise punish his perceived ...

When 1990s girl group SWV visited the Tiny Desk during Black Music Month 2024, we began thinking about the legacy, evolution and current state of the Black girl group. It seems like we weren't the ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book, The ABCs of Democracy, and what's ...

Street drug deaths in the U.S. are dropping at the fastest rate ever seen, according to a new report issued on Thursday by ...

If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, ...