NPR News
Justice Department opens investigation into Minnesota governor and Minneapolis mayor
Federal prosecutors are investigating Gov. Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey.
(Image credit: Stephen Maturen)
NPR NewsNPR NewsNo sign of new protests in Iran as a hard-line cleric calls for executions
A Iran returns to an uneasy calm after protests led to a violent crackdown, a senior cleric is calling for the death penalty for detained demonstrators. His sermon Friday also threatened U.S. President Trump.
(Image credit: Ebrahim Noroozi)
NPR NewsICE surge sparks fear and resistance in Minneapolis
Minneapolis residents are resisting as federal immigration agents surge into their city, creating what some locals describe as an atmosphere of fear and siege on the streets.
NPR NewsMeasles is spreading fast in S.C. Here's what it says about vaccine exemptions
More than 550 people have contracted measles in Spartanburg County, S.C., in a fast-growing outbreak. Like a majority of U.S. counties, nonmedical exemptions to school vaccination are also rising.
(Image credit: Ken Ruinard)
NPR NewsIt took 75 governors to elect a woman. Spanberger will soon be at Virginia's helm
Abigail Spanberger, a former CIA officer and three-term congresswoman, is breaking long-held traditions on inauguration day. She says she wants her swearing-in to showcase the state's modern vibrancy.
(Image credit: Tyrone Turner)
NPR NewsFor those with addiction, going into and coming out of prison can be a minefield.
Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that medication makes recovery more likely and reduces the risk of overdose death.
(Image credit: Ash Adams for NPR)
NPR NewsDecember board game update
This is a short update on the Planet Money Board Game project.
NPR NewsTrump struck deals with 16 drug companies. But they're still raising prices this year
All 16 drug companies that inked deals with the Trump administration over the past few months still raised some of their prices for 2026.
(Image credit: Win McNamee)
NPR NewsTrump threatens military action in Minneapolis. And, inside his healthcare plan
President Trump threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act in Minnesota to stop protests happening in Minneapolis. And, the president unveils what he calls a new healthcare plan.
(Image credit: Octavio Jones)
NPR NewsThis hospice has a bold new mission: saving lives
A hospice in Uganda asked itself: Can we do more than ease the pain of dying? Can we actually prevent deaths from cervical and breast cancer?
(Image credit: Brian Simpson for NPR)
NPR NewsCanada agrees to cut tariff on Chinese EVs in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products
Breaking with the United States, Canada has agreed to cut its 100% tariff on Chinese electric cars in return for lower tariffs on Canadian farm products, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.
(Image credit: Sean Kilpatrick)
NPR NewsWhat do eggs, Grok and Greenland have in common? They're all quiz-worthy! Are you?
See if you can get a perfect score for once.
(Image credit: Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)
NPR NewsFEMA is getting rid of thousands of workers in areas recovering from disasters
Thousands of employees whose contracts end this year will lose their jobs, FEMA managers said at personnel meetings this week. The cuts could hobble the nation's disaster agency.
(Image credit: Jae C. Hong)
NPR NewsHouse Republicans are investigating Jan. 6. NPR fact-checked the first hearing
A Republican-led congressional subcommittee is leading a new investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol. Do their claims add up?
(Image credit: Andrew Harnik)
NPR NewsMinnesota shows what happens when governing and content creation merge
As President Trump approaches one year back in office, the policies his administration pursues — and how those policies are communicated — have been increasingly shaped by social media.
(Image credit: Mandel Ngan)
NPR NewsWith limited political power, Minnesota Democrats navigate resistance to Trump
From public pleas to lawsuits, Minnesota's Democratic leaders are trying to stop the surge of federal agents on their streets.
(Image credit: Ben Hovland/MPR)
NPR NewsPolitical science professor talks about María Corina Machado's meeting with Trump
NPR's A Martinez talks to Eduardo Gamarra, a politics and international relations professor at Florida International University, about María Corina Machado's meeting with President Trump.
NPR NewsVying for his support, Nobel laureate María Corina Machado meets with President Trump
NPR's A Martinez talks to Eduardo Gamarra, a politics and international relations professor at Florida International University, about María Corina Machado's meeting with President Trump.
NPR NewsWoman remembers the age-defying love she shared with her husband
A woman who was married to a man twice her age remembers their relationship, and the important question she asked him when they spoke to StoryCorps 20 years ago.
NPR NewsA South Korean court sentences Yoon to 5 years in prison on charges related to martial law decree
A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison, the first verdict in eight criminal trials for allegations that include his 2024 martial law decree.
(Image credit: Lee Jin-man)
NPR NewsVenezuela's Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump during their meeting
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado said she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday even as he has questioned her credibility to take over her country after the U.S. ousted then-President Nicolás Maduro.
(Image credit: Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
NPR NewsA federal judge dismisses the DOJ's effort to get voter data from California
The Trump administration has been dealt its first legal setback in its unprecedented effort to consolidate voter data traditionally held by states.
(Image credit: Mario Tama)
NPR NewsBehind the front lines of the legal battle against Trump's National Guard deployments
As President Trump began a pattern of deploying the National Guard to democratic-led cities, several Democratic attorneys general and their staffs worked to coordinate their fight against the deployments – and, ultimately, they won.
(Image credit: David Pashaee)
NPR NewsTrump health care plan doesn't help people facing skyrocketing ACA premiums
President Trump announced a plan that addresses drug costs and health savings accounts, but not the health insurance premium spikes millions of Americans are facing.
(Image credit: Brendan Smialowski)
NPR NewsVerizon just had a big outage. Here's what we know
Verizon says a software problem caused the glitch and they are conducting a postmortem, but experts say outages are "a fact of life" these days.
(Image credit: Jenny Kane)
NPR NewsTrump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act (again). What is it?
As protests grow over violent ICE enforcement actions in Minneapolis, the president said he could invoke a centuries-old law that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military in U.S. cities.
(Image credit: Adam Gray)
NPR NewsThere's an internet blackout in Iran. How are videos and images getting out?
Starlink is illegal in Iran, but people are still using the satellite internet service to get around the government's internet shutdown.
(Image credit: Justin Sullivan)
NPR NewsIran's protests appear increasingly smothered after a deadly crackdown
The nationwide protests challenging Iran's theocracy appear increasingly smothered a week after authorities shut the country off from the world and escalated a bloody crackdown.
(Image credit: Vahid Salemi)
NPR NewsJulian Barnes says he's enjoying himself, but that 'Departure(s)' is his last book
Part memoir and part fiction, Barnes' hybrid novel publishes the day after his 80th birthday. He's been living with a rare form of blood cancer for six years.
(Image credit: Stuart C. Wilson)
NPR News24 hours of chaos as mental health grants are slashed then restored
For 24 hours, it was unclear which mental health and addiction programs would survive and who would still have jobs when the dust settled.
(Image credit: Kayla Bartkowski)
