New research drills down on poor student achievement, and notes some school districts that are beating the odds ...

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A federal judge in Boston extended his pause on the Trump administration's "Fork in the Road" offer to federal employees ...

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Faced with an effort to remove some library books, New Mexico lawmakers are working on a bill withhold state funding from public libraries that ban books for certain reasons — protecting librarians.

Gaza, devastated after more than a year of war, still has urgent shortages of food and medicine. Jordan has begun flying helicopters into Gaza with medical supplies. NPR joined one of the flights.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and WUSF listener Wendy Belkin of ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

President Trump's threats to impose new tariffs on European goods has led Americans to suddenly stockpile their favorite ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears likely to soon be taking the helm as Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The scope of DOGE's work and the identities of the people carrying it out isn't fully clear — leaving agencies and government ...