Rohit Chopra had led the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau since 2021. Consumer groups praised his leadership, while Republicans have frequently attacked the agency.

President Trump's first weeks in office included executive orders that aim to stop or roll back former President Biden's ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio of the British funk band Cymande about their new album and about reconstituting the band after decades.

President Trump is back and filling the airwaves with a constant churn of comments on just about everything, in contrast to the much quieter Biden administration.

An air ambulance with six people aboard crashed and then exploded on Friday evening in Philadelphia. The medical transport plane was returning a patient and her mother to Mexico. Several houses caught ...

With a sudden freeze of funding, two scientists find their livelihoods and futures upended.

NPR's Scott Simon asks ESPN's Michele Steele about the Super Bowl and the expansion of the WNBA.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister for foreign affairs, about gains made by rebels backed by Rwanda.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Patrick Patterson and Steve Scipio of the British funk band Cymande about their new album and about reconstituting the band after decades.

In Ali Smith's latest novel, "Gliff," a brother and sister befriend a horse in a dystopian future. NPR's Scott Simon explores the issue of authoritarianism with the novelist and playwright.

While prices and the economy were top issues during the campaign, President Trump is making clear that other issues — most notably immigration — are his main focus at the start of his second term.

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants ...