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President Trump continues to pursue very personal agenda items that are testing the limits of support from Republican members of Congress.

New research suggests the fuzzy insects may be capable of spontaneously solving problems the way animals with much larger brains do.

The Dobbs decision returned abortion policy to the states. Four years later, NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin examines how that promise has played out in practice.

Global conflicts surged to the highest number tallied by Uppsala Conflict Data Program. Fatalities were the highest on record since 1994, with approximately 244,600 people killed in conflict in 2025.

in honor of Earth Day and Poetry Month, we’re sharing stories about two LGBTQ+ writers whose work celebrated the natural world: Rachel Carson and Walt Whitman.

NPR's Eyder Peralta speaks with University of California, Berkeley math professor Zvezdelina Stankova about efforts to bring back standardized exams as part of the admissions process.

As the FIFA World Cup approaches, the Mexican host city of Guadalajara wrestles with welcoming tens of thousands of tourists to a place where violence permeates daily life.

The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is refilling after President Trump had it painted "American flag blue." Some visitors say the results of the project — which reportedly cost millions — are subtle.

One school district outside Boston is turning the World Cup into a teachable moment, with elementary classes learning about different countries' languages, food and wildlife.

Through years of controversy and delayed construction, one Iraq veteran has been rehabilitating a Japanese garden in the middle of the on the vast VA campus in West Los Angeles.

The U.S. Supreme Court has wrapped up its term and begun to agree to cases it will hear in its next one, to begin in the fall.

Today in California an exciting primary election season is coming to a head. KALW’s Travis Raburn and Gabriel Lopez hit the streets to ask people if they’ve voted, and if voting in primaries is important to them.