As the Department of Defense removes trans troops as part of the new ban, the Air Force is enacting some new rules that leaves them with no due process…and in some cases, no benefits.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Dr. Elizabeth Soda, who is one of more than 1,000 federal health workers urging Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to resign.

On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Author Ocean Vuong reflects on what his mother taught him about storytelling.

NPR's history show, Throughline, takes us back to 1969 and the creation of the children's TV show Sesame Street.

There's still no end in sight to Russia-Ukraine war, according to NPR correspondents in both countries. Peace efforts appear to be going nowhere and the fighting remains intense.

Murals and drawing on streets across Florida are vanishing. Not just the rainbow-painted crosswalks, but also murals honoring police. That's because the state says they're a "safety issue."

A tiny township in Michigan, best known as a vacation resort area, has become one of the top markets for marijuana sales. And it now has a new nickname: New Puffalo.

With U.S. warships already off Venezuela's coast, many there fear what could come next, while others dismiss the U.S. administrations display of power as pure theatre.

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers are continuing their push to compel the full release of federal files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Leaders of China, North Korea and Russia met for the first time in one place on Wednesday as Beijing staged an elaborate parade to mark the end of WWII.

From tariffs to the use of the National Guard in states and the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans -- many of the Trump administration's policies are winding their way to the Supreme Court.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong about the new rules regarding access to COVID-19 vaccines.