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The prison on a forbidding island off San Francisco was operated at a prohibitive cost. Now, President Trump says it's time to substantially enlarge and rebuild Alcatraz as a federal penitentiary.

During President Trump's first term, transgender troops were told they needed to be diagnosed with gender dysphoria to keep their jobs. Now, the military is using that to put them on administrative leave.

House Republicans are pushing a bill funding government agencies through November 21, but Democrats say without a plan to renew expiring health care subsidies they will oppose it.

The American Federation of Teachers is seeking a preliminary injunction that would force the department to resume student loan forgiveness.

The CDC advisory committee is considering changes to the childhood vaccine schedule. NPR speaks with Dr. Susan Kressly, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, about the potential changes.

University of Colorado football coach Deion Sanders announced he got a new bladder this week as part of his cancer treatment. Here's how doctors construct a new bladder from a patient's small intestine.

Colleges and universities often grapple with whether to invite controversial speakers on campus, usually allowing it given the First Amendment. How will this change the approach for such events?

A militant Kurdish group end its struggle against Turkey: grieving mothers ask if it was worth the high cost

Protesters marched to the White House on Saturday as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.

Author Ocean Vuong talks about his new novel, The Emperor of Gladness. It centers on the unlikely friendship between a 19-year-old college dropout and an 82-year-old with dementia.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio warns of more military strikes on drug traffickers, calling a U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat a clear message to cartels.

As the Trump administration invokes a decades old law in their pursuit of Tren de Aragua gang members, we find out more about their origins and their reach.