A state judge has temporarily blocked Oklahoma from enforcing its ban on using so-called “woke banks” for state business.
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The Chinese government just released new economic data following the big May holiday week. Our correspondent reports from Shanghai about how the world's second largest economy is faring.
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A group of House Democrats sent a letter to President Biden urging him to take action on the US southern border. NPR's Scott Simon talks with one of the signatories, Rep. Mike Levin of California.
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Washington's ferry system is the biggest in the U.S., but after decades of chronic underfunding, it's breaking down and short-staffed: a serious problem for the people who depend on it.
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Arkansas unveiled one of its new statues at the US Capitol's Statuary Hall this week: Civil Rights leader Daisy Bates. Another sculpture of a famous Arkansan, Johnny Cash, will soon join her there.
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Efforts to reestablish a prison rodeo appear to be stalled.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture is offering disaster assistance to farmers and ranchers affected by recent tornadoes.
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The Biden administration is finally wrapping up its review of President Donald Trump's tariffs on Chinese imports. It will keep those tariffs, and add more on things like electric vehicles.
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The State Department finds it likely that the Israeli military has committed abuses, but stops short of reaching any sweeping or definitive conclusions.
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Photojournalists at NPR member stations documented protests at college and university campuses nationwide this week.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken released a report that's highly critical of the way Israel is carrying out its war in Gaza — but it doesn't say Israel has broken the rules for using U.S. weapons.
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There's a growing trend of tenants unable to identify their landlords as corporations buy up properties. When a Connecticut woman's apartment started falling apart, she didn't know where to turn.
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In the race to be the Republican nominee for governor of West Virginia, the candidates are battling over culture war issues — like who takes the toughest stand against transgender rights.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael Tyler, Biden's reelection campaign communications director.
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The family of a U.S. Airman shot several times by a Florida sheriff's deputy as he answered the door to his apartment says the killing was unjustified.