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NPR talks with Jason Furman, an economist and Harvard professor, about Trump's management of the economy.

Pete Hegseth appeared before a Senate Committee for a public hearing on his nomination to be the next Secretary of Defense.

A Republican overhaul would reduce borrowers' repayments options from several plans to just two.

NPR visits first person to get a new kind of genetically modified pig kidney two weeks after undergoing the historic procedure.

The recently signed mutual defense treaty could be used to justify thewidening of the war in Ukraine, as the U.S. says North Korean and Russian troops are already battling Ukrainian forces.

President Trump's tariffs are having serious consequences on small businesses across the United States. The Catoctin Creek Distilling Co.'s co-owners talk about their experiences dealing with tariffs.

Amy Sherald, who painted former First Lady Michelle Obama's portrait in 2018, has a major survey of her work opening this week at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York.

Following court decisions restricting the Trump administration's policies on immigration enforcement and cuts to federal agencies GOP lawmakers are pushing back. But they're split on how to respond.

The bill puts significant pressure on Democrats in the Senate, whose votes will be needed in order to avoid a shutdown. The federal government runs out of money at the end of the day on Friday.

We're using more power, some of the electric grid is a century old, and severe storms caused by climate change are battering the distribution system, all while trying to make the transition to renewable power and clean energy.