NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Col. Bree Fram, an openly transgender member of the U.S. Space Force, about President Trump's orders to remove transgender service members from the military.

Juana Summers is a political correspondent for NPR covering race, justice and politics. She has covered politics since 2010 for publications including Politico, CNN and The Associated Press. She got ...

RFK Jr. faced fierce questioning about vaccines, abortion and Medicaid in his confirmation hearing to be HHS Secretary.

The Pentagon said that it's revoking the security detail for former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley and ordering a review to determine if the retired general's rank should be re-evaluated.

The billionaire Wall Street CEO fielded questions about tariffs, China's AI progress, broadband access, allegiance to Trump ...

Every other year, the Nation's Report Card shows how students across the U.S. are doing in subjects like math and reading. The 2024 results are cause for hope, and concern.

On Wednesday afternoon, the White House rescinded a memo that ordered a government spending freeze. But the White House says its effort to align government programs with Trump's priorities remains.

For nearly 30 years, the world's major powers have observed a voluntary moratorium on nuclear testing. But with tensions rising around the globe, some fear that could soon change.

For many, the Lunar New Year is a time to reflect on people they have lost. But it's also a time to set intentions and ...

The move to revoke the extension of temporary protected status would make hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans eligible for ...

Steve Witkoff helped negotiate the Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal. His visit to Gaza pn Wednesday was the first by a senior U.S.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered an investigation into retired general Mark Milley — who often clashed with ...