President Trump's deployment of the National Guard will hit the one year mark next week. The presence of armed, uniformed troops on the street has become increasingly normalized in the capital.
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The Senate narrowly confirmed former Trump personal attorney Todd Blanche as U.S. Attorney General, a major win for the president's approach to keeping the Justice Department close to the White House.
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Oleksiy Yukov spent two decades recovering the bodies of soldiers — including many Russians. He was killed during a recovery mission after stepping on a landmine. -
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Sally Field and panelists Tom Bodett, Shantira Jackson, and Paula Poundstone -
Jia Tolentino considers how beauty standards have dovetailed with AI. Lee Sung Jin talks about the breakthrough that led him to BEEF. And I Want Your Sex urges Gen Z to get a little more X-rated. -
K-pop conquered the world — now Chile's young creatives are remixing the movement and making it their own. -
Europe is in another brutal heat wave. The summer's earlier record-breaking weather already damaged crops, sparked wildfires and led to increased deaths. -
NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant discuss Congress' plan to "protect" college sports and the hottest team in Major League Baseball.
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A longtime Philadelphia Phillies fan, substitute teacher, Lewis Kalb, got to realize his dream this week of broadcasting one of the team's games.
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The Senate spent its time Friday trying to make progress on a long to-do list before leaving town for a weeks-long recess.
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Meta announced one of its models had hacked another company during a security test. It becomes the third company to announced such a security breach.
