Higher tariffs take effect today on imports from many U.S. trading partners. The import taxes are raising tens of billions of dollars for the government, but also beginning to weigh on the U.S.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks economist Paul Krugman what effect President Trump's latest tariff announcements might have on the economy.

Evyatar David has been held hostage by Hamas for 670 days. His brother Ilay David speaks with NPR's Leila Fadel about his family's effort to free him.

In 1960, a commercial flight was struck by a flock of birds, resulting in a deadly crash. Evidence was sent to the Smithsonian, where a woman named Roxie Laybourne successfully identified the species ...

Influencers on TikTok and other social media platforms are going back to Depression era recipes for nutritious and filling food all while building new communities online.

Canada is having its second worst wildfire season yet. Two scientists explain what a red air alert means and how anyone living in impacted areas can protect themselves.

Tensions are escalating between the U.S. and India as the Trump administration imposes tariffs and tries to force India to stop buying Russian oil.

President Trump says prospects look good for a meeting on ending the war in Ukraine with Russia's Vladimir Putin and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy. But he's been disappointed before.

This weekend, Jen Pawol is set to be the first woman to umpire a Major League Baseball game. NPR's A Martinez speaks about the landmark moment with Keith Law, who covers the MLB for The Athletic.

Five soldiers were shot at Fort Stewart in Georgia yesterday by one of their co-workers. They all survived. The shooter was wrestled to the ground by fellow soldiers.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about a Trump administration decision to end funding for research into vaccines that fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu ...

White House envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a last-ditch effort to convince him to make ...