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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., about the legacy of 9/11, how it's shaped the U.S. intelligence community and how the Trump administration is changing things.

Following three attacks against Jewish people in less than two months, an extremism expert tells NPR the U.S. is in a "perilous" time as self-radicalized attackers are harder for law enforcement to track.

The Trump administration says it has arrested more than 700 people in Washington, DC as part of its mission to crack down on crime. Data given to NPR by the city's police department indicates a ramp-up in arrests during the campaign, but criminal justice experts caution that it's difficult to draw conclusions about public safety merely from arrests.

The Trump administration has targeted students — both those with visas and those with permanent legal status — who protested the war in Gaza. Free speech advocates warn that these are test cases.

Three Middle East conflicts have reignited, threatening the wider region. Israel is bombing Gaza, the U.S. launched strikes against the Houthis in Yemen, and Syria's civil war is boiling again.

In the southern state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, the New World screwworm fly's rapid spread appears to have caught most ranchers off guard, despite memories of previous outbreaks in the 1980s and 1990s.

The man charged with shooting and killing a couple outside the Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. was once a member of a far-left political group. That is raising concerns about domestic extremism.

Every year ahead of the Emmys, TV critic Eric Deggans gives out his own awards for the best shows and performances. These are the Deggys.

With Gaza on his mind, Dore Stein shares songs from the Middle East with a detour in Nigeria.

New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman says President Trump "made a very good move" in meeting with Syria's interim president and announcing he would lift sanctions on Israel's neighbor.

More than a third of Nigerians have no access to electricity, and even those connected to the grid can't rely on it. Last year alone, the grid collapsed 12 times in Africa's most-populous country.

Speaking to NPR in his first media interview since his detention, lawful permanent U.S. resident Mohsen Mahdawi finds peace in meditation and hopes "America will fulfill its promise."