The U.S. claims the hacking was commissioned by a lobbying firm working on behalf of one of the world's biggest oil companies ...

The Minnesota Supreme Court could rule any day in a pair of cases that could uproot the power structure in the state House. Democrats had, until recently, controlled the entire state government.

Donald Trump is back in office and already flexing executive authority in unprecedented ways. NPR hears analysis from Bowdoin University's Andrew Rudalevige, who studies presidential power.

President Trump is heading to LA to tour fire-ravaged areas. But first, he's making a stop in Asheville, N.C. Both communities are grappling with disaster recovery. But there is some politics at play.

After the fall of Syria's despotic Assad regime, life is slowly returning to one Damascus neighborhood, where the violence and painful memories of the past are still literally being unearthed.

A rare fossil find suggests that young pterosaurs may have been hunted by the ancestors of crocodiles.

Taylor Johnatakis is one of about 1,500 people granted clemency by President Trump for his actions on Jan. 6. NPR's Steve Inskeep spoke to him after his release from prison.

French pianist David Kadouch explores music by gay composers who concealed their sexuality in 19th and 20th century societies that wouldn't accept them.

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Jewish groups in the United States are warily welcoming Israel's ceasefire agreement with Hamas, while mourning the many casualties of the war in Gaza.

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Fighting between Syrian Kurds -who a decade ago clawed out an autonomous territory in the country's northeast- and Turkish-backed militias is posing a serious threat to the current stability.