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John Adams has been called America's greatest living composer. His adaptation of Shakespeare's "Antony and Cleopatra" opens at the Metropolitan Opera, in New York, next week.

Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the pope's father fled Mussolini's Italy, immigrating to Argentina.

On the first day of the government shutdown, Republicans and Democrats traded blame while a small bipartisan group of senators began to negotiate.

Jeff Chang's new podcast “Notes From the Edge” held their launch party recently at Warfield Commons. On the show Jeff and his visionary guests look at our rapidly changing world.

The federal government recalled some furloughed workers specifically to produce the inflation report, which plays a key role for Social Security beneficiaries.

Scientists are hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death decisions.

A last-minute intervention ensured the military was paid despite the government shutdown, but military families remain anxious as the shutdown drags on without a long-term solution.

As of early 2025, the United States had more than 5,000 data centers, according to industry reports, compared to around 1,000 just five years earlier.

The Israeli military says its expanded operation in Gaza City "to destroy Hamas' military infrastructure" has begun, forcibly displacing hundreds of thousands of people.

Here's your recap of what happened in the leadership shakeup at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention this week.

Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland introduced a bill that would have paid all federal workers. It didn't pass. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Van Hollen about the stalemate in Congress.

Late night host Jimmy Kimmel has been abruptly pulled off the air by ABC. The sudden move follows conservative backlash to comments he made earlier in the week about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.