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America’s farmers are getting walloped by the federal government shutdown.
The closing of government offices means they’ve lost access to data and loans that help keep them afloat —
Then there’s healthcare. More than a quarter of the nation’s farmers rely on the Affordable Care Act…along with the subsidies at the heart of the shutdown...
A ceasefire is now in effect between Israel and Hamas, and the Israeli military has pulled back from certain positions in the Gaza Strip. In the coming days, a hostage and prisoner exchange is set to begin, and hundreds of humanitarian aid trucks are expected to be allowed into Gaza.
It’s all part of President Trump’s 20-point peace plan – a plan that closely resembles the plan President Bi...
It’s a moment of hope — and some skepticism — amid a war that’s had an enormous toll.
Where might this 20-point peace plan lead?
You'll hear from NPR's Daniel Estrin, as well as some of the many people in Gaza and in Israel who’ve talked to our reporters over the last two yea...
The clock is ticking for Chicago and Illinois Governor JB Pritzker.
President Trump has deployed the National Guard to the country’s third largest city, and he says they’ll begin operations no later than Wednesday.
Pritzker, a democrat, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson are fighting the administration’s efforts in the courts.
Nearly a quarter century after the September 11th attacks, the Trump administration is using the language of terrorism to target a new enemy: Latin American drug cartels.
The president says we’re in armed conflict with drug cartels.
We talk to a Bush-era lawyer who says the powers of war are too extraordinary to use against crime.
Eight years ago, Daniel Day-Lewis announced he was retired from acting. He offered no further comment. Retirement notwithstanding, the three-time winner of the Oscar for Best Actor stars in a new movie, out this week. He plays a man who long ago left the world he once knew – and then is contacted by a family member to come back.
It was written with and directed by his son, Ronan Day-Lewis.<...
The government shutdown is on. Already, it’s being felt across the country.
National Parks are preparing to scale back or close. Furloughed federal workers are facing tough choices about how to pay the bills when they can’t count on their paychecks. Some people trying to access government services have found locked doors.
Democratic and Republican lawmakers are at an impasse after dueling propo...
NPR’s National Security Correspondent Greg Myre spent the summer reporting on the war in Ukraine. He saw the devastation of the conflict. But he also saw something else: the country leveraging its resources at home to meet the moment…including in Lviv where they’re racing to make as many of their own weapons as fast as they can.
And at a hospital near the frontlines in central Ukraine where...
More than a hundred countries have committed to fresh plans to curb pollution, with one big holdout: the U.S.
NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with the EU Commissioner for Climate, Wopke Hoekstra, about how global leaders are moving forward on climate goals with the U.S. on the sidelines.
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After 25 years at NPR and 10 years hosting All Things Considered and the last few years hosting Consider This, Ari Shapiro is moving on to his next adventure.
We’re saying bye.
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