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NPR's Michel Martin talks with Brian Schwalb, attorney general of Washington, D.C., about President Trump's move to put law enforcement in the capital under federal control.
NPR's A Martinez speaks with Margus Tsahkna, foreign minister of the Baltic nation of Estonia, about President Trump's scheduled summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
EU foreign ministers meet ahead of Friday's Trump-Putin talks in Alaska, with Brussels insisting any peace deal must include Ukraine.
President Trump says he's deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. But the latest official figures show that crime rates have fallen dramatically in the city.
After the U.S. early famine warning systems went dark earlier in 2025, the lights are back on. But questions remain about whether it will be as effective as before and whether it will be politicized.
On Friday, a gunman opened fire on the CDC campus in Atlanta and a police officer was killed. The shooting has left employees uncertain about how safe they are at their jobs.
Jack Corbett, best known as the Planet Money TikTok guy, makes his film debut in Boys Go To Jupiter this summer. The animated feature's lead role, Billy 5000, was written specifically for Corbett.
On Wild Card, well-known guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don't talk about. Father James Martin talks about letting go of his idea that God was transactional.
Researchers are working to save a tortoise that has been in the American southwest for millions of years. California has moved to put extra protections in place for the Mojave Desert tortoise.
Presidents Trump and Putin will meet in Alaska to talk about a costly Russian war involving Crimea, bringing up parallels of the circumstances that led Russia to sell Alaska to the U.S. in the 1800s.
President Trump has taken over D.C.'s police force and plans to send in National Guard troops. It's part of his plan to slash what he says is out-of-control crime, though the numbers say otherwise.
Most fourth graders in this country are not proficient in math. That was true for one rural Wisconsin elementary school until it changed the way it taught the subject.