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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about America's federal debt, which is at $36 trillion and growing.

Many thousands of people turned out today to protest President Trump's policies at rallies across the nation.

He's an African giant pouched rat who's been trained and works with the nonprofit organization APOPO.

A Wisconsin judge is charged with helping an undocumented immigrant evade federal agents. It's a rare prosecution but not unheard of — a similar case unfolded seven years ago in Massachusetts.

The letter, written by first-class passenger Archibald Gracie, sold for five times its expected price at auction. It was written aboard the ship five days before it sank.

Facing pressure from world markets, President Trump stepped back from his plans to slap steep tariffs on a broad range of countries — except for China.

House committees are planning a series of hearings this week to advance legislation around President Trump's agenda.

Public health officials are concerned about increasing polarization among Americans over vaccines.

Trump administration reforms at the State Department are shrinking the United States' diplomatic footprint globally.

President Trump's recently announced reciprocal tariffs on imports will affect trade with business partners. Nobody knows this better than the logistics companies on the U.S.-Mexico border area.

Durga Puja is a season of homecoming, but this year artists turned protesters in Kolkata cannot shake off the image of the Durga who did not get to go home.

American academics are pursuing exile, claiming research freedom under pressure from Trump administration.