Former EEOC commissioner Jocelyn Samuels was Trump's pick to fill a Democratic seat in 2020. She was fired at the start of his new administration in what she calls an attempt to eviscerate the agency.

President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday aimed at preventing transgender athletes from competing in women's sports. It's the latest in a series of actions focused on "gender ideology." ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Irish poet Pádraig Ó Tuama about a new poetry anthology he edited called "44 Poems on Being with Each Other" and his own collection called "Kitchen Hymns." ...

Electrical stimulation of the spinal cord strengthened the muscles of three people with spinal muscular atrophy, a rare motor neuron disease.

The preliminary injunction blocks President Trump's efforts to end birthright citizenship. The White House is expected to ...

The trade loophole is meant to ease small-scale sales — but critics say it's been abused and gives Chinese firms an unfair advantage.

In the first major Israeli-Arab war in 1948, many Palestinians were driven from their homes and sought shelter in Gaza. The descendants of those refugees make up most of Gaza's population today.

A Stradivarius crafted in 1714 goes up for auction this week. Sotheby's expects it to fetch between $12 and $18 million.

A fierce outbreak of fighting in northern Colombia between rival guerilla factions in a drug turf war, has displaced tens of thousands of people.

The U.S. secretary of state continues his travels around Central America, while at home and abroad, USAID workers try to absorb the news that their agency is in freefall.

A spike in flu and COVID-19 cases has forced school closures across the Big Country, with local health officials warning of a particularly severe flu season affecting both children and adults.