Ted Olson, the Bush-era solicitor general, has died at age 84. He was a towering figure in the legal profession who argued 65 ...

Fire officials say they've stopped the spread of the deadly Jennings Creek wildfire that's burning in rugged terrain on the New York-New Jersey border. But drought is causing more fires.

Ted Olson, the Bush-era solicitor general, has died. He was 84.

Republicans have selected their party leaders for the next Congress under President-elect Donald Trump. Senate Republicans ...

President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran to be his secretary of defense. The 44-year-old Hegseth came as a surprise.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Samantha Harvey about her new book Orbital, which examines the fascinating mundane-ness of outer space from the perspective of an international space station.

President-elect Trump has tapped Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lead what he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE. Still, only Congress can create a new federal agency.

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered ...

By the numbers, inflation in America continues in the same direction: Easing largely — but still sticky. Data out on ...

Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape. An 80 million-year-old bird fossil that sheds light on that mystery.

In Pittsburgh, entire houses have been converted into individual art installations filled with unusual objects. A new house ...

President-elect Donald Trump today made announced his pick for one of the biggest jobs in his new administration: attorney general. And for that job, Trump has chosenC Florida congressman Matt Gaetz.