President Trump's first weeks in office included executive orders that aim to stop or roll back former President Biden's ambitious climate agenda and redirect the country's attention to fossil fuels.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner, the Congolese minister for foreign affairs, about gains made by rebels backed by Rwanda.

In Ali Smith's latest novel, "Gliff," a brother and sister befriend a horse in a dystopian future. NPR's Scott Simon explores the issue of authoritarianism with the novelist and playwright.

But Marianne Faithfull was famously caught up in a drug bust at Richards' place in 1967, clad only in a fur rug. She lost a ...

Marco Rubio heads to Latin America on his first trip as secretary of state, including Panama, where President Trump wants control of the Panama Canal.

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Köhler, a onetime head of the International Monetary Fund who became a popular German president before resigning abruptly in a flap over comments about the country's military, has died at 81.

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Trump has shown an affinity with many of the little guys — what he called in 2017 "the forgotten men and women." But he also has shown an affinity with some of the fattest cats of all.

Siegel is the first American to be released as part of this deal. A total of 18 hostages have been released since the ceasefire took effect. Hundreds Palestinians have been released so far.

The decision came in response to a petition by attorneys general in 22 states and Washington, D.C., seeking to block the administration's efforts to freeze payments for grants and other programs.