Claudia Sheinbaum is a 62-year old environmental scientist who left academia on a political trajectory that took her from a ...

For the first time since 1996, both major parties have picked a veteran for vice president -- a fact that some veterans' ...

The Israeli military pressed its ground incursion into southern Lebanon on Tuesday, calling the operations “limited ...

Ohio Senator JD Vance, a Republican, and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, a Democrat, will face off tonight for their only debate.

As China marks 75 years of Communist rule, old notebooks and letters stored at Stanford University illuminate the shortcomings of one-party control.

The annual Peanut Festival in Plains celebrated Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday over the weekend. Carter turns 100 Tuesday -- making him the oldest living president in U.S. history.

NPR’s Leila Fadel talks with former U.S. ambassador to Lebanon Ryan Crocker about Israeli launching a limited ground invasion of Lebanon, and U.S. influence in the Middle East.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Beirut-based security consultant and Hezbollah expert Nicholas Blanford about the Iran-backed militant group's next steps following the death of its leader.

Claudia Sheinbaum becomes Mexico's new president Tuesday, the first woman ever to hold the country's highest office.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab, authors of the new children's book- - "We Are Free, You And Me" -- inspired by the affirmations they share with their two-year-old child.

The Justice Department's third-in-command talked about the department's pledge to fight hate crimes, and shared he was close ...

Former President Jimmy Carter is turning 100. Here are images from notable events or parts of his life, both during his ...