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Kurdistan's deputy prime minister tells NPR that Kurdish forces will not enter Iran or join the war, insisting "this is not our war" despite pressure from Washington and regional tensions.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with GOP analyst and speechwriter Mike Ricci about Tuesday night's State of the Union address, and how the norms surrounding the speech have changed.

The Alameda County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a proposal for “ICE-free zones” at yesterday’s board meeting.

One San Francisco school’s closure makes way for another’s expansion and resurfaces a decades-old tension.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman and international correspondent Aya Batrawy about the war in the Middle East for the national security podcast Sources & Methods.

The Department of Justice began releasing its files on Friday on the late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Many documents, which include interview transcripts and call logs, have been heavily redacted.

Despite President Trump's efforts to deeply cut science funding from the federal budget in 2026, Congress quietly restored much of the funding to previous levels in recent weeks.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks political consultant Sarah Longwell about President Trump's focus on Iran.

The fallout from DOGE staffers' efforts to access sensitive Social Security data continues as an agency watchdog disclosed a new investigation into "potential misuse" reported by a whistleblower.

Protest requires people to take a stand and hold firm. Pop songs are designed to appeal across demographic lines. In music, as in the rest of the world, resistance takes place closer to the ground.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks of New York, ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about U.S. military operations against Iran.

Jeff Probst, the host of the reality competition show "Survivor," talks about its 50th season.