NPR's Steve Inskeep asks the Brookings Institution's Jon Valant about President-elect Trump's campaign promise to close the Department of Education.

Following the nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, we ask a retired Marine colonel and military expert Mark Cancian what it takes to run the DOD.

The far right in Argentina is ecstatic over Trump's win and sees it as a second reckoning for their causes. Argentina's president is heading to Florida Thursday to personally congratulate Trump.

The U.S. says that Israel will not face consequences for failing to meet U.S. demands to provide more aid to avoid mass starvation in Gaza. What are aid organizations doing to cope?

A committee tasked with making legislative recommendations on Medicaid once again submitted a final report with no ...

In Pittsburgh, entire houses have been converted into individual art installations filled with unusual objects. A new house ...

President-elect Donald Trump has made a flurry of announcements about key cabinet members, at least one of which has come as ...

S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., ...

Republicans have officially won a full trifecta of power in Washington, D.C., following GOP victories in several key U.S.

Permanent tent cities are another idea Trump has for dealing with people who are unhoused. Sequestering people with mental ...

The USS Edsall was overpowered by a Japanese fleet in the Indian Ocean but fought valiantly to the end, the U.S. Navy said.

Michel Martin is the weekend host of All Things Considered, where she draws on her deep reporting and interviewing experience to dig in to the week's news. Outside the studio, she has also hosted ...