An impasse over the budget and the threat of a government shutdown dominated political news earlier this week.

NPR staff recommend memoirs from our annual Books We Love list: "Bird of Four Hundred Voices," "The Backyard Bird Chronicles," "Knife," and "Here After." ...

An impasse over the budget and the threat of a government shutdown dominated political news earlier this week.

About 300 Americans a year give a kidney to a complete stranger. Researchers have studied the brains of these very generous people, and say they may feel others' pain more than the average person.

Hours away from a government shutdown, Congress passed a bill to fund federal operations until March 14, 2025.

German officials say a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006 deliberately drove his car into a crowded outdoor Christmas market Friday.

A reflection on the comedy stylings of Pope Francis, who is telling priests to lighten up and not be so dour.

Some Amazon drivers held small protests this week to highlight conditions they say need to be improved and urged other drivers to join the teamsters union.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natan Sachs of the Brookings Institution about how Israel views ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Jonathan Lane, of the consortium Revolution 250, about why the Battle of Bunker Hill won't be reenacted at Bunker Hill to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S.

President Biden initially wanted to turn his foreign policy to China but instead was drawn into Ukraine and the Middle East.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Adrien Brody about his new film, "The Brutalist." The Oscar-winner plays an architect and Holocaust survivor striving to fulfill his artistic vision in America.