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The Mosul Dam in Iraq requires perpetual maintenance, which has been difficult amid Iraq's war with ISIS. If the dam collapses, the resulting wave could kill more than a million people. Dexter Filkins, staff writer for The New Yorker, speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about what's being done to avert that potential disaster.

In failing to fully fund the food assistance program that covers 42 million low-income Americans, the judge said the government "failed to consider the harms" to people who rely on the benefits.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — a former presidential candidate who has a history of spreading conspiracy theories, including about vaccines — is poised to have a key health role in the Trump administration.

President Trump travels to the U.S. Southern border Friday in a week when he's repeatedly threatened to shut that border completely. We hear about how Mexico is responding.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is a Democrat. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine is a Republican. But the two say they've found plenty of common ground.

Nearly 90% of likely Donald Trump voters say they are concerned about voter fraud in the general election, a new NPR/PBS News/Maris poll finds, compared with 29% of those who support Kamala Harris.

The case pitted prospective adoptive parents and Texas against the act, a federal law aimed at preventing Native American children from being separated from their extended families and their tribes.

If the new administration embraces proposals to cut the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's budget and its mission, the public health agency could look very different than it does today.

Republican Matt Van Epps won the Tennessee 7th Congressional special election, but Aftyn Behn's overperformance has Democrats celebrating, too, and sets up an affordability focus in the 2026 midterms.

Swimming sensation Michael Phelps added to his gold medal tally and, for the first time, an African-American female swimmer won gold. And, the U.S. women continued their dominance in gymnastics.