Evacuation orders were lifted Thursday for tens of thousands as firefighters slowed the spread of a huge wildfire in ...

Donald Trump is back in office and already flexing executive authority in unprecedented ways. NPR hears analysis from Bowdoin University's Andrew Rudalevige, who studies presidential power.

President Trump is heading to LA to tour fire-ravaged areas. But first, he's making a stop in Asheville, N.C. Both communities are grappling with disaster recovery. But there is some politics at play.

A rare fossil find suggests that young pterosaurs may have been hunted by the ancestors of crocodiles.

President Trump to visit disaster areas, Trump wants to end DEI programs and extremism investigations in the U.S. military, the U.S. tries to unravel hacking plot that targeted climate activists.

Taylor Johnatakis is one of about 1,500 people granted clemency by President Trump for his actions on Jan. 6. NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke to him after his release from prison.

The Minnesota Supreme Court could rule any day in a pair of cases that could uproot the power structure in the state House. Democrats had, until recently, controlled the entire state government.

After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus neighborhood, where the violence and painful memories of the past are still literally being unearthed.

After a 15-month absence, giant pandas will be back on public display this morning at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

State AGs have reached a new opioid settlement worth $7.4 billion with Purdue Pharma and its owners. The settlement does not ...

Academy Award nominations came out Thursday, the Academy revealed that none of the songs up for best original song would be performed during the Oscars ceremony.

Tamar Anderson Henry, 16, has autism. She came with her mother, Soleil Henry, to talk about the importance of knowing and being yourself as part of StoryCorps' "Brightness in Black" initiative.