Dan Fesperman's spy caper Pariah follows a disgraced comic-politician who's recruited by the CIA. The Dancing Face, by Mike Phillips, is a crime caper that confronts the spoils of colonialism.

One of the goals of controversial wolf hunts in the Western U.S. is to help reduce the burden on ranchers, who lose livestock ...

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says a Russian cruise missile hit a U.S. electronics plant in the far west of Ukraine. The strike was part of an overnight barrage of more than 600 drones and missiles.

Israel gave final approval for a settlement project in the occupied West Bank that would effectively cut the territory in two ...

The Justice Department says cities and states risk legal action if they fail to comply with federal immigration law. Democratic leaders are pushing back, saying their policies break no laws.

A California school district fights chronic absenteeism in kindergarten by helping parents decide whether their kid is too sick to go to school.

The National Guard has been deployed many times historically. Experts say the president's decision to deploy the Guard as a blanket response to crime in D.C. is a departure from its intended mission.

Here's what to know. When the moon is nearly between Earth and the sun, one side of the moon faces the sun, and that side is ...

NPR's Leila Fadel interviews actress Margaret Qualley about her role in Ethan Coen's neo-noir comedy "Honey Don't!" She stars as a private detective investigating a cultish California church ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office is posting over-the-top social media content that mirrors President Trump's style. NPR asks a media and psychology expert about its effectiveness.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Joel Willett, one of the 37 former and current national security officials whose security clearance was recently revoked by the Trump administration.

A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court's order that had ...