The comedian was suspended for nearly a week by ABC's parent company, Disney, before returning to airwaves on Tuesday night.

President Trump canceled a meeting to discuss government funding with top Democrats in Congress, leaving no clear path to avoiding a government shutdown next week.

As a government shutdown looms, how should Democrats approach negotiations with Republican leaders? NPR speaks with Democratic strategist Maria Cardona.

This fall, New York City voters will weigh in on a proposal that could move future city elections to even-numbered years.

Things are getting spicy. We explain how a word referring to cinnamon and pepper turned less literal by the 19th century.

For the first time, NPR's Student Podcast Challenge has a returning champion: a California fifth grader who explored a dark ...

Ryan Routh faces up to life in prison when he's sentenced in December. A federal jury convicted him Tuesday in last year's attempted assassination of Donald Trump as he golfed on his South Florida ...

On the U.N. General Assembly's opening day, President Trump declared Ukraine "can win back all territory lost to Russia," marking a sharp reversal from earlier statements he's made about the war.

Typhoon Ragasa whipped waves taller than lampposts onto Hong Kong promenades and turned seas rough on the southern Chinese ...

In a special election, voters in southern Arizona have chosen to send Democrat Adelita Grijalva to Congress, narrowing the GOP's slim majority in the House.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani got a major endorsement this week from former Vice President Kamala Harris. But many Democratic leaders remain distant, fueling growing tension.

NPR speaks with Anwar Gargash, diplomatic advisor to the president of the United Arab Emirates, about the country's role in the conflicts in the Middle East and Sudan.