After over a decade in exile, many Syrians living abroad are contemplating what was once unthinkable: going home. But what ...

A new study in JAMA shows how proximity to Coldwater Creek, where nuclear waste from the Manhattan Project was improperly stored, affected cancer rates over the decades.

NPR has learned that the Pentagon has also approved the expansion of the U.S. Naval Base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, for the same purpose.

As a candidate, President Trump promised to change America's foreign policy. Six months into his second administration, NPR's Tamara Keith examines where things stand. Support NPR and hear every ...

The House approved a Trump administration plan to rescind $9 billion in previously allocated funds, including $1.1 billion ...

Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say the Trump administration's focus on new equipment doesn't address ...

New congressional districts are on the agenda for the special session that began in Texas on Monday. We discuss why Texas is redrawing its congressional map now and what it and similar efforts in ...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has published the latest in a series of reports that scrutinize years-old intel community conclusions about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Former president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Loretta Mester says it's important that the Fed stays independent ...

Eventually it became clear that Hermon's father had suffered whole brain death, and Hermon made the difficult decision to take his father off life support. His father was an organ donor, so he was ...

We remember Kenneth Colley, the British character actor who died late last month. Colley was best known as Admiral Piett in the Star Wars movies.

Bavarian palaces, imperial tombs in China and memorials to Khmer Rouge victims are among the sites being recognized by the ...