Some federal employees fired under anti-DEI orders weren't doing DEI work
Some of the first people fired by the Trump administration are fighting back, including those targeted for work they'd done promoting diversity, equity and inclusion under the Biden administration.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth addresses NATO for the first time
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is visiting with NATO. Allies were concerned that President Trump talked with Russia's Putin to push for a peace deal with Ukraine without notifying European countries.
Trump ignites political firestorm in South Africa over Afrikaner asylum status offer
President Trump's offer of refugee status to economically privileged white South Africans has enraged some people in that nation. NPR gets more reaction from South Africans on the issue.
A social worker took Trump's offer to resign. Then she was told she's not eligible
A social worker with the Department of Veterans Affairs accepted Trump's "Fork in the Road" resignation offer, but later learned she's ineligible. She remains worried about the future of her work.
Trump administration signals that it expects Kyiv to make hard concessions to Moscow
President Trump is pressing Ukraine to quickly end a war started by Russia. Ukrainians, meanwhile, are responding with dread as their government scrambles to find leverage.
Citizen science helped expose the biggest wildlife die-off ever documented
Decades of citizen science in Alaska helped researchers figure out how one of the biggest wildlife die-offs -- that of the seabird the common murre -- unfolded.
How Trump tariffs will affect U.S. fashion
As the U.S.-China trade war intensifies, fashion industry is facing some tough questions about how tariffs will shake up their budgets.
The Panama Canal needs more water. The proposed solution would displace thousands
A recent drought in Panama was so severe that the canal had to reduce traffic. How is climate change impacting Panama -- and how does that ripple out to the global economy?
Pakistan just vaccinated 45 million kids in response to 2024's polio resurgence
Pakistan held its first polio vaccination drive of 2025, sending workers door-to-door to vaccinate 45 million children. A spike in cases in 2024 was a setback for the eradication of the disease.
