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Democrats and Republicans have something in common: they're worried about the future of the U.S, but for different reasons.

Every year, the Library of Congress adds new sounds to their audio “Hall of Fame.”

As America celebrates its 248th birthday, planning is already underway for the celebration of its 250th. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rosie Rios, of the planning commission, America250.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Wall Street Journal men's fashion columnist Jacob Gallagher about the latest from New Balance: a sneaker-loafer hybrid.

Coal jobs have been declining for generations. Now in the town of Keyser, West Virginia, there's a different energy source on the horizon.

Will President Biden's new executive order restricting asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border change voters' minds this election year?

The order comes as the Trump administration challenges a lower court ruling that the estimated $300-million project requires congressional approval.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken insists U.S. support for Israel has not left it isolated, despite anger over Israel's offensive in Gaza. It's just one of the crises he's looking at as the year ends.

Activists and politicians gathered to ask the city to turn its vacant office buildings into permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness.

Voters turned out at a rate not seen in decades. Polls showed the left-wing coalition New Popular Front gaining a majority of seats in parliament with the far-right National Rally in third place.

A fossil of an armadillo-like mammal appears to bear cut marks from butchering by humans, suggesting people were living in South America at least 20,000 years ago, even earlier than once thought.

The federal government says it will restore grizzly bears to the North Cascades region in Washington state, where they have not been seen since 1996.