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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Carlotta Walls LaNier about her new children's picture book, "Carlotta's Special Dress," recounting her story as the youngest member of the Little Rock Nine.

Israel is halting operations for humanitarian groups working in Gaza. NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Shaina Low with the Norwegian Refugee Council about what that means for aid on the ground.

A new NPR poll shows trouble for Republicans as President Trump's message and approach appear to fracture independent voters.

A storm has battered the Gaza Strip, creating misery for displaced Palestinians and delaying the search for the body of the last Israeli hostage held by militants there.

President Trump issued a long list of mostly symbolic pardons for political allies accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

A North Carolina woman left her front yard Christmas tree half-decorated after immigration agents questioned men helping her. The unfinished tree stands as a symbol of the immigration crackdown.

Today is both National Elephant Appreciation Day as well as World Rhino Day

Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., says he thinks the Senate can pass a "retroactive" Affordable Care Act subsidy extension, but "we need President Trump."

Every year, we remember some of the writers, actors, musicians, filmmakers and performers who died over the past year, and whose lifetime of creative work helped shape our world.

The U.S. military said Monday that it attacked three boats accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing a total of eight people as scrutiny is intensifying in Congress.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to a man in Caracas about life in the city following the U.S. removing former Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

NPR's Daniel Estrin asks Nora Felder, the music supervisor for the series "Stranger Things," how she went about scoring the series over its decade-long run which ended this week.