NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn about President Trump's crackdown and deployment of National Guard troops in Washington, D.C.

Scientists have long wondered about how the potato's genetic lineage came to be. Now they know: The plants are a cross ...

Although "dog" is ubiquitous today to describe man's best friend, it remains a mystery where the word originally came from.

The Chelmsford, Mass., court has hemorrhaged judges, a consequence of the Trump administration's seemingly contradictory ...

Latino voters helped deliver the White House to President Trump in the last election but many of them already say they won't ...

The pop star Audrey Hobert began her career writing for a Nickelodeon sitcom and co-writing hits with her best friend Gracie Abrams. But the singer's debut album, Who's the Clown?, establishes her as ...

A research team at the University of Texas at Austin's Cosmic Frontier Center have identified the oldest known supermassive black hole.

Between replay review, automated balls and strikes and viral lowlights on social media, the work of baseball umpires has been ...

The idea of giving people cash, instead of traditional foreign aid like food or shelter, has gotten traction in recent years. Now, the Trump administration threatens to reverse that.

The White House is downplaying chances for a breakthrough on Ukraine when President Trump meets Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday.

The Justice Department launched a grand jury investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James. NPR speaks to James' lawyer, Abbe Lowell, who calls it a "dangerous escalation." ...

President Trump joins European leaders, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, for an emergency virtual summit Wednesday ahead of his Friday meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.