History

Truman Committee became the model for scrutinizing giant public expenditures

5:12am May 11, 2023

Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep talks to NPR's Steve Drummond about his book, The Watchdog: How the Truman Committee Battled Corruption and Helped Win World War Two.

An attendee holds a Springfield Armory SAINT AR-15-style rifle displayed during the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting in Houston in 2022.

National

How AR-15-style rifles write the tragic history of America's mass shootings

11:47am May 10, 2023

by Jonathan Franklin

The weapon used to carry out the mass shooting in Allen, Texas, is one all too familiar to Americans and lawmakers who have witnessed mass shootings occur quite frequently this year.

Twenty-two timber cabins, built for enslaved people, are on the Evergreen Plantation in the West Bank of St. John the Baptist Parish, La.

Here's the latest list of the '11 Most Endangered Historic Places' in the U.S.

7:48pm May 09, 2023

by Neda Ulaby

"It's very hard to narrow the list," says the Chief Preservation Officer of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The 2023 list includes a gas station, an artist studio and two Chinatowns.

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National

Ft. Hood is now Ft. Cavazos, honoring a Latino general instead of a Confederate one

7:35pm May 09, 2023

Army Colonel Chad R. Foster, commander of the newly-named Ft. Cavazos military base in Texas, and Brian Dosa, Ft. Cavazos' public works director, talk about changing the base's name from Ft. Hood.

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Democratic state Sen. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (right) stands and applauds as Arizona Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs gives the state address at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 9.

An Arizona lawmaker (who is also a minister) is under investigation for a Bible prank

5:20pm May 09, 2023

by Ben Giles

An ethics inquiry is examining whether Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, a Presbyterian minister, broke Arizona House rules when she hid Bibles from the members' lounge in a protest.

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Trailblazing opera star Grace Bumbry dies at age 86

9:20am May 09, 2023

by Brandon Gates

The celebrated singer, who led an illustrious, jet-setting career, broke the color barrier as the first Black artist to perform at Germany's Bayreuth Festival.

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Swastika Mountain, located in a remote part of the Umpqua National Forest outside Eugene, Ore., has officially been renamed Mount Halo after a local indigenous leader.

Swastika Mountain is renamed Mount Halo in honor of a historical tribal leader

5:52am May 09, 2023

by Dustin Jones

The mountain in Oregon and a nearby town, no longer in existence, were named Swastika more than 100 years ago after a local ranch that bore the same name.

Nazanin Nour (left) and Narges Kalogli in English.

Here are the winners of the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes

4:09pm May 08, 2023

The Associated Press won two awards for its Ukraine coverage, including the prestigious Public Service award. The prize for fiction went to two books: Demon Copperhead and Trust.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is all smiles as he walks to the Senate floor to announce that a deal has been reached on the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 31, 2011.

Politics & Government

Biden and McConnell have a debt limit past. Can they deliver another late-inning save?

5:00am May 06, 2023

by Ron Elving

McConnell may well wish to wash his hands of this year's blood-letting over the debt limit and all it entails. But he knows it will not be that easy. He may know that better than anyone.

World News

How King Charles III's coronation will be different than those that came before

4:39pm May 05, 2023

by Lauren Frayer

Saturday is King Charles III's coronation. The ceremony in London will be full of pomp and pageantry. But there will also be some big changes to this more than 1,000-year-old ritual.