President-elect Donald Trump announced Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Republican primary candidate Vivek Ramaswamy will lead a new agency he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency." ...

Ann Patchett answers a question from the Wild Card deck and discusses how her feelings about God and her Catholic faith have changed over the years.

President elect Trump says RFK Jr, can go "wild on health." Some pediatricians worry this could mean a roll back of childhood vaccinations which would accelerate the reemergence of childhood diseases.

Samantha Harvey talks about her new Booker Prize-winning novel Orbital. It follows a day in the life of astronauts aboard the International Space Station.

There have been several high-profile challenges to planned executions but many more that never see the light of day. Why is it so difficult for people on death row to have their cases reexamined?

Roy Haynes. American jazz drummer and bandleader has died. Born in 1925 in Roxbury, Mass., he influenced generations of jazz drummers and helped change the direction of rhythmic improvisation.

State house elections this fall will determine whether Minnesota continues to pass progressive laws on abortion and health care or if the GOP can stem the trend led by Gov. Tim Walz.

President-elect Donald Trump has long presented pollsters with a challenge. We look at what polling underestimated and what it accurately foreshadowed in this election.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby has resigned over accusations that he failed to report physical and sexual abuse to the ...

Violence continues in Haiti, despite the appoint of a new prime minister. The international airport was shut down after shots were fired at a landing commercial flight.

A New York judge is set to decide whether President-elect Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution in his criminal trial, after he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records.

How do family members keep hope alive of one day reuniting with their loved ones? NPR's Michel Martin talks Yarden Gonen, whose sister Romi was taken hostage during the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.