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The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has a new exhibit tracing the animal's importance in American history.

The move follows an administration push for cuts to the NSF and raises concerns in the scientific community that it could jeopardize a tradition of independent decisions about federal science grants.

Prison guards in New York say the state's correctional system is in crisis. Both guards and inmates are pleading with the state to fix what they say is a broken system.

Americans with ties to Iran open up about the challenges and tensions around the fragile ceasefire.

Republicans have been banking on a big tax refund season as part of their Big Beautiful Bill Act. But even with bigger refunds, few Americans believe the tax changes benefit them.

President Trump has now deleted a controversial image that he claims wasn't a depiction of him as Jesus, but rather a doctor.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WUNC listener Andrew Patton and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed a redistricting map to try to pick up four more Republican House seats. It's the latest state to join the major parties' redistricting battle.

With attention focused on Iran, Ukraine has made economic, battlefield and diplomatic gains against the Kremlin.

U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says a farm community in Italy for people with addiction is a model for wellness camps designed to ease the U.S. overdose crisis. Critics say the idea is dangerous.

Congress was late to adopt workplace laws that protect private sector employees. How has that shaped its culture? NPR speaks with Rutgers professor James R. Jones, author of "The Last Plantation."

Today is National Absurdity Day....