Ted Olson, the Bush-era solicitor general, has died. He was 84. Nina Totenberg is NPR's award-winning legal affairs correspondent. Her reports air regularly on NPR's critically acclaimed newsmagazines ...

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Birds descended from the dinosaurs, but researchers have known relatively little about how the bird's brain took shape. An 80 million-year-old bird fossil that sheds light on that mystery.

Iconic alto saxophonist Lou Donaldson died Nov. 9 after a very long career. Unapologetic about seeking an audience, he said he just aimed to play what crowds would respond to.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Samantha Harvey about her new book Orbital, which examines the fascinating mundane-ness of outer space from the perspective of an international space station.

President-elect Trump has tapped Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk to lead what he's calling the "Department of Government Efficiency," or DOGE. Still, only Congress can create a new federal agency.

Ari Shapiro has been one of the hosts of All Things Considered, NPR's award-winning afternoon newsmagazine, since 2015. During his first two years on the program, listenership to All Things Considered ...

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President-elect Donald Trump today made announced his pick for one of the biggest jobs in his new administration: attorney general. And for that job, Trump has chosenC Florida congressman Matt Gaetz.

The biggest issue facing world leaders this year is boosting funding for climate action in developing countries. Climate funding is always in short supply, especially in hard-hit poorer countries.