In the nearly 250-year history of the United States, English had never been designated as the nation's official language.

Service members and recruits who are diagnosed with or treated for gender dysphoria are to be separated from the U.S.

Mardi Gras can make a lot of trash, adding up to millions of pounds each year. Now, some parades in New Orleans are cutting down on their environmental footprint by banning plastic beads.

DOGE has a mandate from both President Trump and Elon Musk to make federal agencies more efficient and transparent. But who is making sure DOGE is efficient and transparent?

Militants from the Kurdistan Workers' Party have declared a ceasefire, in what may represent a significant political ...

Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family ...

Up to 3,000 additional troops have been ordered to the U.S.-Mexico border by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the latest in ...

Dr. Francis Collins is leaving the National Institutes of Health, where he served as director from 2009 to 2021. The agency ...

Immigration authorities are making more arrests than they did under President Biden. But the Department of Homeland ...

Leaders from across Europe came quickly to the defense of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after his televised clash ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey commuted the death sentence of Robin "Rocky" Myers to life in prison, saying there were enough ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Eugene Ludwig, former Comptroller of the Currency, about how some government statistics get the economy wrong.