A drastic increase in unregulated production of rare earth minerals in Myanmar is causing serious environmental concerns ...

Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank beat a U.S. citizen to death, according to local officials, during a Friday ...

Finding it hard to track the latest U.S. trade policy state of play? Here's a look the deals the president has announced and ...

Many people in the United States receive little or no information about flood risk when they move into a new home or ...

A federal judge in Los Angeles finds "a mountain of evidence" to support the claim that federal agents are arresting Southern Californians based on their race, accents, or the work they're engaged in.

A plan to force the sale of federal public lands was taken out of President Trump's tax and spending bill but the fight appears far from over.

President Trump and President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil have been trading undiplomatic barbs after Trump's tariff threat this week.

NPR's Scott Simon and sportswriter Howard Bryant talk about the women's and men's tennis finals at Wimbledon and a controversial report alleging corruption in the NFL players' union.

NPR's Scott Simon asks veteran career diplomat Nicholas Burns about the Trump administration's plans to downsize the State Department.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mark Kurlansky about his new novel, "Cheesecake." It's a story of New York's restaurant and real estate scenes in the 1980s and, of course, that delectable dessert.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with actor Embeth Davidtz about her directorial debut, "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight." It's an adaptation of the book about growing up in Rhodesia before decolonization.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Vanderbilt University law professor Brian T. Fitzpatrick about class action lawsuits attempting to block Trump administration's policies on birthright citizenship and ...