Search results for

GOP lawmakers' anger about President Trump's short-term budget deal with Democrats boiled over in a meeting with Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney.

China responded to a U.S. threat of additional tariffs with a long list of its own. The two sides will likely spend the next few months trying to negotiate a solution that will avert a trade war.

North Carolina lawmakers have approved new legislative district maps to replace one thrown out by the courts for being illegal racial gerrymanders. But many critics say the new maps are just as bad.

NPR'S Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Dan Dunham, trainer at the San Luis Rey Downs Training Center. Several thoroughbred horses were killed there, caught in a California wildfire.

These fake 911 calls designed to elicit a SWAT team response are raising concerns among law enforcement. Some worry changes coming to the 911 system could lead to more of the prank calls.

Fatima Suleman, a professor of pharmaceutical sciences, hopes that WHO's Fair Pricing Forum can help lower drug costs — and benefit drug manufacturers.

The Leavers of Lincolnshire group aims to provide a safe space "so you could come together and be proud to be a Brexiteer," says a member. "To not be called an idiot, to not be called a racist."

In Syria, news of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's death pleased some, but they warned that ISIS' ideology and destruction still live on.

Many who work with the nation's poor worry that poverty will be forgotten under a Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress.

The fifth protester in roughly two weeks has died from injuries sustained in clashes with riot police. But demonstrators against President Nicolas Maduro have vowed to continue filling the streets.

The Rohingya, a Muslim minority in Myanmar, have been fleeing persecution for decades. NPR has the story of one man, who's never even seen his homeland but would like to someday.

The U.S. places sanctions on 13 Venezuelans involved in an election Sunday, that government opponents there say are rigged. The vote could give Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro sweeping new powers.

Wikipedia has discovered an educational mission in an age of rampant truthiness. And it's enlisting college students to help.

Replacing "alternative facts" with a footnoted, neutral point of view. Some professors say students work harder knowing their research will have a broad audience.

State Rep. David Ortiz was paralyzed from the waist down while serving in Afghanistan. To give him access to the House podium, legislative staff say they have built the first lift of its kind.

Listening to Prophet's new album feels like riding shotgun down some mythic highway with a rock true believer.

Nigeria is in the middle of a cash crisis as the country attempts to replace its old currency with a new one — leaving many cashless and furious.

Circus performance transcends age, socioeconomic status, even language. You can go anywhere in the world and entertain anyone. And for me, it's my home away from home.

The Great Backyard Bird Count is an annual citizen-science project that gathers data about wild birds. Participants go outside for at least 15 minutes and identify as many birds as they can.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says his forces are taking back Kherson, following Russia's withdrawal from the strategic southern city.