New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18. The shortage of corrections officers was exacerbated by the firing of more than 2,000 guards after a strike.

Pope Francis often spoke with great sympathy for immigrants and refugees. NPR's Scott Simon reminds us that the pope's father ...

For decades, dollars have been the world's common financial language. Central banks everywhere hold dollars as a way to ...

As the Trump administration moves to quickly expand immigration detention space, a series of standoffs have emerged between ...

The likelihood that the newly elected pope has consumed a Chicago style hot dog is not zero. And that means something.

Michael Gonzales, the ambassador to Zambia, announced at an emotional press conference that the U.S. would cut $50 million in ...

President Trump fired Carla Hayden, the Librarian of Congress, via email late Thursday night, the latest in a string of actions the president has taken to shape American cultural institutions.

The Department of Agriculture is demanding sensitive data from states about more than 40 million food stamp recipients, as DOGE is amassing data for immigration enforcement.

A federal judge in San Francisco appeared ready to temporarily block the Trump administration's sweeping overhaul of the federal government.

Janinna Sesa worked alongside Pope Leo XIV in Chiclayo, Peru from 2015 until 2023. She spoke with NPR about his leadership in times of crisis.

The new action movie Fight or Flight finds Josh Hartnett playing a onetime Secret Service agent who is pressured into one ...

Starting today, US Army Base Fort Frum began a major, large-scale training exercise at its Adirondack Range. The exercise is called Mountain Peak, and employs significant military resources, including ...