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The U.S. is still the largest producer of oil, but we're a long way from pumping what we were before the pandemic. Blame backwardation.

Texas holds the first primaries of the midterms on Tuesday. Here are four races to watch — two congressional contests and two contests in which statewide Republicans have primary challengers.

After a relentless assault by Russian forces, Ukraine appears close to defeat in Mariupol. Why is the city so important? The reasons range from geographic and strategic to economic and psychological.

Medical historian Ira Rutkow points to physical evidence that suggests Stone Age people conducted — and survived — brain surgery. His new book is Empire of the Scalpel.

A look at how Hollywood has depicted authoritarians, from Duck Soup to The Last King of Scotland.

Opposition parties are slamming the brakes on billions in defense funding as the China escalates military pressure.

A mass shooting last week in Florida barely registered in national news. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with writer Carl Hiaasen, who argues in a Miami Herald column that the number dead shouldn't be all that matters.

Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Mayor Dee Margo of El Paso, Texas, about how border communities perceive the standoff between Republicans and Democrats over the border wall.

The two sides agreed to create a working group to discuss ways to work through differences as President Trump continues to call for a U.S. takeover of Denmark's Arctic territory of Greenland.

Following the release of the docuseries Surviving R. Kelly, interest has renewed in the sexual abuse allegations against the R&B star. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sound Opinions host Jim DeRogatis.