During Valentine's Day weekend, northern parts of America, including Maine, may have a chance of seeing an aurora. But space ...

The ruling from a federal court in Washington, D.C., is a reprieve for CFPB staff who had been bracing for mass layoffs as ...

The National Nuclear Security Administration is a semi-autonomous agency within the Department of Energy that oversees the U.S. stockpile of thousands of nuclear weapons. Officials were given hours to ...

As federal layoffs mount, sources say the Trump administration plans a 50% staffing cut at the federal housing agency. The ...

He wrote that there was no explanation "why a blanket suspension of all congressionally appropriated foreign aid" is needed ...

The state Board of Equalization certifies more state funds than expected for legislators to appropriate in the FY26 budget.

An order to dismiss the corruption case against New York Mayor Eric Adams has sent the Justice Department into a crisis.

As the Trump administration publicly hammers out its plans on the Ukraine war, it's also pressing Ukraine for deals in exchange for more aid — including giving the U.S. mining rights for rare earths.

As many as 1,300 probationary employees at CDC and 1,500 at NIH are losing their jobs. Many fear for the future of public ...

The National Transportation Safety Board says altimeter in the Black Hawk helicopter may have malfunctioned before the DCA ...

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Deborah Rutter, former head of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, in her first interview since the board installed President Trump as its new chair.

The Laysan Albatross was first banded (or marked) in Hawaii in 1956. Meaning, she could be even older than the current ...