Federal agencies continued to lay off workers Friday. The cuts come after President Trump signed an executive order this week ...

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As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC are being let go, at the direction of the Trump administration. The cuts ...

Congressional Democrats are navigating being in the minority with very little leverage against the Trump administration's agenda.

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President Trump and Elon Musk say they want to cut any excessive government spending. That includes sweeping cuts to the federal workforce, even those working in defense and national security.

People who've had strokes or traumatic brain injuries often live with aphasia: difficulty using language, both written and spoken. But music mostly originates in the undamaged hemisphere of the brain.

There are many reasons to seek out Charles Burnett's long-buried 1999 film, but perhaps primary among them: The rare chance ...

In a video, a man captured the jaws of a humpback whale poke out of the water around his son's kayak, close around him, and disappear into the ocean.

NPR traveled with Jordan's military on a recent helicopter flight delivering aid to the Gaza Strip, part of a test program ...

As President Trump presses Ukraine to quickly end a war started by Russia, the Ukrainian government readies an agreement to sell rare-earth metals to the U.S. in exchange for continued aid.