My colleagues across the region report on the war, one week on. Take a few minutes to listen! www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...

Surreal scenes from my colleague now in Venezuela. Take a listen! www.npr.org/2026/03/06/n...

The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex. n.pr/4suyWcZ

The US Agency for Global Media, which is run by Kari Lake, has just failed an audit. The organization's finances are too chaotic even to assess. www.stateoig.gov/report/aud-f...

EXCLUSIVE: The strike that destroyed a school in Minab, Iran was larger than has been previously reported. A nearby clinic was also hit. The evidence suggests a precision strike against an IRGC base that was adjacent to the school. www.npr.org/2026/03/04/n...

A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks

LOVE THIS 💗

The case filed in Massachusetts is the first lawsuit over the strikes to land in a U.S. federal court since the Trump administration launched a campaign to target vessels off the coast of Venezuela. n.pr/4r9YUlc

I was one of Alex's nursing faculty at MCTC. This is simply devastating. He was a good student and I knew he'd be a good nurse. Im so sorry for you and his VA family. May his memory be a blessing and an example of what a nurse is.

BREAKING: MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis protester fatally shot by a federal officer was ICU nurse Alex Pretti, his parents say.

I am trying not to post on these events in this state of mind but: I hope people understand what the observers are doing is brave and dangerous.

Fact check: The US trades a lot more with China than Canada does - not just in absolute $ but also relative to each country's total trade. * US trade with China = 10.9% of total US trade * Canada's trade with China = 7.9% of total Canadian trade Data sources: x.com/rolandparis/...

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

US President Donald Trump says that Russia's Vladimir Putin had agreed to join his controversial "Board of Peace" -- despite the Kremlin so far saying it was still studying the invite.

Loud noises heard in Venezuela capital, southern area without electricity reut.rs/3MVr1WJ

The Trump admin wants to take away citizenship from people who have already gone through the naturalization process. Given the way DHS's quotas for immigration arrests/deportations have gone, I can't imagine that only the 'worst of the worst' will be targeted www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/u...

Stephen Miller to Vanity Fair photographer: “You know, you have a lot of power in the discretion you use to be kind to people.” Photographer to Miller: “You know, you do, too.” www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/... @shaneisland.bsky.social

My first contribution to this fun series from NPR’s International desk www.npr.org/2025/12/17/g...

Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. www.propublica.org/article/usai...

Heartbroken for the families and friends of Ella Cook, a Brown sophomore from Mountain Brook, Ala., and MukhammadAziz Umurzokov, an 18-year-old from Virginia whose family immigrated from Uzbekistan. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/12...

‘Voodoo Rituals’ and Banana Wars: U.S. Military Action in Latin America www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...

In matching, brilliant blue suits, David Byrne and his band squeeze behind the Desk to perform four songs, including Talking Heads' "Life During Wartime." n.pr/4pFYoun

Read Siegfried Hecker on how Washington helped end “the era of explosive nuclear testing”—and what the United States stands to lose if it restarts these tests today:

It's Books We Love Day, aka the best day of the year, shepherded by @bethnovey.bsky.social and the rest of the stellar books team at @npr.org!

Russia unleashed heavy artillery fire on Zaporizhzhia, striking a supermarket and an apartment building,Regional Military Administration reports. Preliminary reports indicate high number of casualties.

Pittsburgh Riverhounds win USL Championship title, defeat FC Tulsa https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-riverhounds-win-usl-championship-fc-tulsa-penalty-shootout/69518899

My colleague says his heart sank as he got a glimpse of the devastation in Gaza. Must listen: www.npr.org/2025/11/05/n...

One perk of my job- seeing artists like Oklou: youtu.be/Jg9uwVvOy0E

Great piece by the radio pooler! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Great work by my colleagues in the field today. Here’s one example: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Interesting perspective on the diplomacy surrounding the hostage/ceasefire deal. www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

Some powerful stories on NPR this morning marking the anniversary of the Hamas-led attack on Israel. www.npr.org/2025/10/07/n...

A well deserved honor for our colleague in Gaza. www.academyofdiplomacy.org/news/press-r...

I mean come the hell on… The request for a gift for King Charles came from a State Department liaison who used the email address “giftgirl2025” and initially told the museum that they were looking for “like a sword or something,” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/a...

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

US Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau expressed regret on Sunday over the recent detention of hundreds of South Korean workers in Georgia and said those who returned home will face no disadvantage when re-entering the US

NPR Music is trying something new today- a live Tiny Desk concert! Tune in at noon. www.npr.org/2025/09/09/g...

Here’s my conversation with Thant Myint-U about his new book: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...

A source tells me in a tense meeting this morning, Pentagon officials briefed Senate national security and leadership staff on last week’s U.S. strike on a Venezuelan boat. However, they provided little answers, and legal justification for the strike...

“The Russians now are able to basically control the information environment in Moldova in a way that they could only have dreamed a year ago,” said Thomas O. Melia Russia Steps Up Disinformation Efforts as Trump Abandons Resistance www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/b...