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How might layoffs at the Department of Education affect its core functions? NPR speaks with education scholar Beth Akers, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Local government officials around the U.S. signal they won't assist — and in some cases they'll actively oppose — the Trump administration's efforts to conduct a massive deportation of migrants.

Duo was fatally hit by a Tesla Cybertruck, the language-learning company announced this week. The snarky owl has been the face of Duolingo for over a decade. Why his sudden demise, and what's next?

Here are five takeaways from a week when President Trump moved ahead with deportations and sweeping changes to the federal government — and ran into obstacles in the courts.

Basketball training has come a long way. Gone are the days when all you needed was a ball, a hoop, and long hours on the court. Over the weekend, a clinic hosted by the Warriors introduced some local hoopsters to some cutting-edge technology.

Today is National Pears Hélène Day....

For the first time since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, voters in a few states rejected abortion protections.

An unknown number of fired CDC workers got their jobs back this week. Among them was Bri McNulty, who had shared her story with NPR.

In a video released Thursday, she says women are born with "individual freedom." Her memoir is coming out a year after former President Donald Trump said he was "able to kill Roe v. Wade."

The 39th president spoke with Terry Gross in 1995, 2001 and 2005 about poetry, Sept. 11 and his concerns about how intertwined politics and religion had become. Carter died on Dec. 29 at age 100.

Today is Oatmeal Day!

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame announced the shortlist for its 2025 class of inductees on Wednesday. The shortlist includes groundbreaking Southern rap duo OutKast, Mexican rock band Maná and the recently reunited Britpop group Oasis.