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After all the buildup the Alaska summit between Presidents Trump and Putin ended quickly — just brief statements from both leaders, no questions from reporters and more questions left hanging than answers provided.
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Nearly every week this summer, there's been an immovable object at the top of Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart: It's "Ordinary" by the singer Alex Warren. That changed this week.
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President Trump and Putin are meeting to discuss the end of Russia's war in Ukraine without Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ukrainian journalist Iuliia Mendel.
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Home Depot stores have been the location of dramatic federal raids targeting day laborers. But the company has largely been quiet.
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After two state lawmakers and their spouses were shot in Minnesota, other politicians in the state have signed a pledge to seek out common ground and cool their rhetoric.
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About 500 harmonica players have descended onto the San Antonio River Walk for a convention with a single purpose: preserve and promote the fading use of harmonica in popular music.
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A year ago, the WHO and Africa CDC triggered the highest health alert for the mpox outbreak. experts say the response has been an indicator of how poorly prepared the world is for a future pandemic.
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A new brain-computer interface can decode a person's inner monologue. That could help paralyzed people communicate, but also suggests scientists are one step closer to reading a person's thoughts.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with former State Department official Ned Price about the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Trump and what it could mean for global security.
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Sometimes online, there's a character everyone's talking about: someone or something the internet has decided they're obsessed with. This week it has to be Taylor Swift and her fanbase – the Swifties.
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The Energy Star program has saved Americans more than a half-trillion dollars in energy costs and has reduced climate pollution. Now the Trump administration wants to eliminate or privatize it.
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy says he doesn't agree with federal subsidies for high-speed EV chargers, but that his department "will respect Congress' will" and release the funds.
