President Trump is pressing Ukraine to quickly end a war started by Russia. Ukrainians, meanwhile, are responding with dread as their government scrambles to find leverage.

President Trump held a lengthy call with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Afterward, he called Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Marc Fogel, a Pennsylvania schoolteacher, has been release from Russian prison. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with his sister, Anne Fogel, about how the family is feeling now.

In a rare public rebuke, Pope Francis criticized the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, indicating that Vice ...

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell told a Senate committee that he and his colleagues are in no hurry to cut borrowing costs, so long as the job market is holding up and prices continue to climb.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Trump's former National Security Advisor John Bolton about the president's ambitions of expanding into Greenland.

Lamar's performance was dense with narrative and guests, but for some, the weight of the show rested on one question: whether or not Lamar would play his hit "Not Like Us." ...

The Palestinian militant group says it will delay the next planned release of Israeli hostages, citing violations by Israel in the terms of the fragile ceasefire agreement. Israel, in turn, accused Ha ...

After a hearing on Monday, a federal judge in Boston extended a stay on the deadline for federal employees to accept the Trump administration's resignation offer while he considers the arguments.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jake Johnston, a Haiti aid expert, about what USAID support has meant to that country and what a funding halt could mean.

Congress holds the power of the purse. But President Trump and Elon Musk are swiftly using executive actions to dismantle ...

The scope of DOGE's work and the identities of the people carrying it out isn't fully clear — leaving agencies and government ...