In recent decades, America has seen economic opportunities concentrated in superstar cities. Manufacturing boosters hope ...

As part of our series on the world that America made after World War II, NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with author Christopher Leonard about the rise of the U.S. defense industry post-1945.

President Trump has used emergency declarations to push through his agenda. Elizabeth Goitein, analyst at the Brennan Center for Justice, discusses his use of emergency powers.

The idea of a Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, appears to have jumped the Atlantic. British politician Nigel Farage, a friend of President Trump's, is now launching something similar.

A new report tries to capture the true cost of incarceration to families of people behind bars. It found it costs them around ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern about balancing leadership and ...

The House version of the tax bill would revoke credits for EVs starting at the end of this year. If the plan survives, it ...

The State Department's Historical Advisory Committee puts out unbiased accounts of events around U.S. foreign policy. Trump fired its members. NPR speaks with its former chair, James Goldgeier.

A second round of ceasefire talks between Ukraine and Russia ended quickly and with no ceasefire, though the two countries agreed to exchange more prisoners of war. Hear the latest updates.

NPR speaks with Hanna Shelest, a director at the Foreign Policy Council "Ukrainian Prism," about how Ukraine pulled off its surprise drone attack and about Russia's vulnerabilities.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with James Kimmel Jr., lecturer in psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, about his new book "The Science of Revenge." ...

South Koreans head to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new president. The election comes nearly two months after President Yoon was removed from office after he was impeached for declaring martial law.