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Voters at a polling place last month in Shelby, Mich. The U.S. has not ever attempted to create a comprehensive list of American citizens before this administration and maintaining voter lists is the responsibility of states — not the federal government, as the Constitution dictates that states control elections.

The Trump administration still aims to make state citizenship lists ahead of midterms

The Trump administration is taking the unprecedented step of creating lists of adult citizens who are eligible to vote in each state — but will not meet its own deadline 60 days before Election Day.

A mother and child at a health center in Rwanda. The child's condition was assessed by a nurse using the new ePOCT+ digital tablet (at the corner of the table), aimed at reducing the overuse of antibiotics.

Can a digital tablet cut back a country's overuse of antibiotics?

Overprescribing antibiotics breeds antibiotic resistance. A new tool aims to lower a notably high rate of such prescriptions in Rwanda.

Electric vehicles sit parked at a Tesla charging station in Sausalito, Calif. In 2021 Congress designated $5 billion dollars to pay for high-speed EV chargers along highway corridors. The Trump administration put a pause on the distribution of that money, which a coalition of states have challenged in court. A judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the funding freeze be lifted for more than a dozen states.

Judge orders Trump administration to resume distributing money for EV chargers

Congress designated money for building new EV chargers, but the Trump administration put a freeze on those funds. A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction ordering the program to resume.

Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38

Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.

Two teens look at different kinds of birth control with an intern and staff member of Bridgercare in June 2025. Bridgercare, a nonprofit based in Bozeman, Mont., had its federal grant abruptly canceled.

Congress passed $100 million for teen pregnancy prevention. Most of it is untouched

With days left to go in the 2026 fiscal year, lawmakers push the health department to spend the money Congress allocated to prevent teen pregnancy. An NPR exclusive.

President Trump speaks about healthcare in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 18.

Trump heads to the U.N. looking for wins after a rough week

The past couple of weeks have been particularly challenging for Trump with a series of legal and political setbacks.

A New Amazon Warehouse Would Bring Jobs, but for How Long?

Amazon says the new warehouse its planning to open in Euclid in 2019 will create 1,000 new jobs. But some of those jobs may have a short shelf-life.

A Thank You To NPR's Science Commentary Readers

For 6 1/2 years, Barbara J. King has written commentaries for NPR on everything from animals and anthropology to gender and higher education. Here, she offers up some of her favorite pieces.

Birth control used to be a big part of young women's out-of-pocket health costs.

Women Are Saving Money Thanks To Expanded Birth Control Coverage

The average user of birth control pills saved $255 in the first year after an Affordable Care Act requirement that insurers cover contraceptives without copays went into effect, a study finds.

Medical Residents Are Indebted But Reasonably Happy

Talking to medical residents is one way to get a bead on where medicine is headed. A recent survey of more than 1,700 residents asked a slew of questions about their hopes, daily work and finances.

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