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The average new car costs $50,000. The average used car is $25,000. Insurance, repairs and maintenance are soaring. But America's car-centric habits also cost us in more subtle ways.

Joe Biden made historic gains fighting street fentanyl, but Donald Trump reframed the drug issue in ways that fuel his domestic and foreign policy agendas.

NPR correspondents recap how funding cuts, layoffs and leadership and policy changes in the second Trump administration are affecting the Departments of Defense, State and Health and Human Services.

Vice President Harris is expected to announce her running mate in the next few days. Her pick could help secure the presidential race. And, here's why the U.K. is rioting.

A Virginia after-school cursive club went viral. More than two dozen states require cursive in their curriculums. Is it an effective learning tool or just nostalgia?

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to journalist Dan Ronan, who was sexually abused as a child by a Catholic priest in Chicago. A recently released report details widespread misconduct by Illinois clergy.

Khamenei, the Islamic Republic's second supreme leader, has been killed. He had held power since 1989, guiding Iran through difficult times — and overseeing the violent suppression of dissent.

Three citizenship ceremonies NPR attended in the Washington, D.C. area in January were largely celebratory experiences, despite a year of hurdles and changes to the naturalization process.

U.S. and Iranian officials are set to meet today in Geneva to discuss Tehran's nuclear program. And, Harvard professor Larry Summers is resigning over ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Border czar Tom Homan announced that the Trump administration will end the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. And, DHS funding is set to expire after lawmakers failed to advance a spending bill.