The year 2025 puts us one quarter of the way through the 21st century. We'll spend the year looking back at some of the amazing advances we've experienced. In this episode: privatized space travel.

President Trump has ended so-called humanitarian parole for people from Cuba, Haiti, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, jeopardizing the legal status of nearly 1.5 million immigrants in the U.S.

Readers can now shop for e-books through an online retailer called Bookshop.org, which exclusively supports local bookstores.

A group of national security experts have written a letter about a possible new casino in the Washington, D.C. area, which they say it could jeopardize state secrets.

A message to USAID staff, obtained by NPR, says it will analyze "actions within USAID that appear to be designed to ...

Wall Street investor Scott Bessent was confirmed as the next Treasury Secretary by the Senate on Monday. Bessent is a wealthy ...

When Claire Burnside Och was a server at a high-end restaurant, a man ordered an expensive bottle of wine. After a snafu, she was comforted.

A cornerstone of mid-2000s Atlanta rap has died. DJ Unk passed away over the weekend at the age of 43. The Atlanta rapper, producer and DJ helped launch snap music into the mainstream.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks to musician Neko Case about her new memoir, The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, and some of the shocking details Case writes about her upbringing.

In termination letters sent to more than a dozen officials, acting Attorney General James McHenry wrote that he did not ...

The National Science Foundation has canceled all grant review panels this week. It's unclear how long the pause could last.

Chief of Staff Susie Wiles could make or break Trump's second term. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Chris Whipple, author of The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency.