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The National Bonsai and Penjing Museum marks the 400th anniversary of the Yamaki Pine, an ancient tree that survived the 1945 bombing of Hiroshima and has since become a symbol of peace.

State lawmakers have approved a bill that wipes out the four-day grace period after election day for ballots to arrive at Ohio boards of elections.

The books had to be light and small enough to fit in servicemen's pockets. The motto of the Council on Books in Wartime was: "Books Are Weapons in the War of Ideas."

Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other House leaders had called on the Minnesota Democrat to apologize for comments on social media about Israel.

A dozen miles away from the World Cup games in New York/ New Jersey Stadium, Palestinian-American kids turn to soccer as an escape from the realities of war.

The 89-year-old, Tony Award-winning Broadway star is the subject of a new documentary, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me. She spoke with NPR's Scott Simon about seeing herself on screen.

Republicans say the bill will ensure more "intellectual diversity" on campus, but opponents have turned out by the hundreds over concerns about its language on controversial issues and its ban on most mandatory diversity training and faculty strikes.

U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley, D.-Ill speaks with Morning Edition about a classified assessment that showed U.S. strikes did not "obliterate" Iran's nuclear program as President Trump said.

The acclaimed rapper argues that the music he makes could fit into hip-hop, electronic or alternative categories at the annual awards, if only the Academy could see past its biases.

As President Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, reporters from across NPR's newsroom fact-checked his speech and offered context.