The federal government is currently shut down. NPR's network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting ...

Facing criticism from all sides, France's new prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigned less than 24 hours after naming his ...

Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen says the law doesn't give President Trump more power to fire people during a ...

CBS' parent company will buy The Free Press and install Bari Weiss, its contrarian founder, as editor in chief of CBS News.

Women have an evolutionary advantage when it comes to living longer. They outlive men by about five years. This gender gap is ...

A headline-grabbing study touting apple cider vinegar for weight loss has been retracted. Other claims for the ...

The Federal Election Commission, which regulates campaign finance, has lost another member. But the FEC has actually been ...

Once the province of elite fashion editors and forecasters, the art of figuring out what's likely to fly off future racks is ...

President Trump is meeting with his budget director, Russ Vought, about what additional cuts to make during the shutdown, and ...

Jane Goodall, the influential primatologist and conservationist, died this week at the age of 91. NPR's Scott Simon reflects ...

Japan's governing party on Saturday elected Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultra-conservative and China hawk, as its new leader, ...

Nearly seven million pregnant women and young children depend on WIC for healthy foods. Advocates say funding could run out ...