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Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.

The One Planet Summit went on without President Trump Tuesday. But state and local leaders in attendance renewed calls for adherence to the Paris Agreement targets, says blogger Marcelo Gleiser.

The chamber now has until July 30 to try again to pass a package of trade-related legislation.

In an interview with The Economist, France's president questioned NATO's future. NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Fabrice Pothier, ex-NATO director of policy planning, about the lack of U.S. leadership.

Public transit agencies in the U.S. are struggling with lower ridership and revenues during the pandemic. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with transit experts about whether subway and bus systems can survive.

Concession speeches have a long history in the United States and have some utility as well, even if they carry no legal import.

Longtime VW employee James Robert Liang worked for the carmaker in Germany and in the U.S., where he helped bring a troubled diesel engine to market.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Chris Murphy, a Democratic senator from Connecticut, about his recent meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Officially, only one person has caught the illness during the current outbreak. But with limited testing, cases could be flying under the radar.

U.S. unemployment is at the lowest level in nearly 50 years. We look at who wins and who loses in a strong labor market.