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In the Philippines, the Vice President gave a kill order in the event of her death. Her target: President Ferdinand Marcos. Sara Duterte is now under investigation after announcing this.

New data from the U.S. Education Department show the extent of international gifts and contracts to colleges and universities.

In the first electoral temperature check in Minnesota since President Trump launched Operation Metro Surge to ramp up immigration enforcement in the state, voters had a lot to say.

Thousands of state lawmakers are expected to return to their capitols in 2021 for a new legislative session. But the pandemic and political divisions are making that harder than ever.

The U.S. government will borrow all of the money used to pay for the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill. That kind of borrowing used to set off major alarms with economists. Now? Not so much.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader, said Sunday that all U.S. sanctions must end before Tehran will return to its commitment under the 2015 nuclear accord.

New research found that wearing a cloth mask over a medical mask significantly boosts protection against droplets that can transmit the virus. Knotting the ear loops of surgical masks also helps.

President Biden is set to give his first address to a foreign — yet familiar — audience at the virtual Munich Security Conference on Friday.

As she takes the helm of the World Trade Organization, the former Nigerian finance minister faces challenges from COVID-19 response to navigating trade frictions between the U.S. and China.

The two-term Democratic governor says in an announcement video that he's "the only candidate who will make defeating climate change our nation's number one priority."

Russian influence-mongers appear to have created a number of fake local news Twitter accounts — and spent years posting real headlines.

Before a meeting with GOP lawmakers Tuesday, the president told reporters he misspoke in Helsinki: When he said he saw no reason why it "would" be Russia that interfered, he meant to say "wouldn't."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Fiona MacGregor, spokesperson for the International Organization for Migration at Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, about the cash for work program, which gives Rohingya refugee volunteers a stipend to help prepare safer shelters.

It's Match Week, when med students apply for residencies. An economist argues this residency system is a key reason why U.S. doctors are paid around twice much as doctors in other rich nations.

Special counsel Robert Mueller hasn't recommended any more indictments in his report submitted Friday. It's not yet clear what he found about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

The new head coach is replacing DJ Durkin, who was fired after a player died under his watch. Now, Locksley must revive a program mired in controversy, though he has a spotty coaching past of his own.

British Security Minister Ben Wallace told reporters on Tuesday that the government has reason to believe photojournalist John Cantlie is still being held by the terrorist group.

Some Democrats are pressing to move now to force the administration to hand over the president's tax returns, but others say Robert Mueller's probe should take priority over Congress' review.

As Hurricane Florence hits North Carolina, Amanda McKee's only concern is for her animals at 1870 Farm outside Chapel Hill.

The Trump administration alleges the Voice of America is relaying Chinese propaganda. Founded at the dawn of World War Two, the government-funded news agency is independent by law.