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.

More than a thousand kids taken from their parents at the border still have not been reunited. The man Trump has named his next border czar has been described as the family separation architect.

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.

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.

By the numbers, inflation in America continues in the same direction: Easing largely — but still sticky. Data out on ...

Sarah McCammon is a National Correspondent covering the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast for NPR. Her work focuses on political, social and cultural divides in America, including abortion and reproductive ...

The former Democratic congresswoman has shifted her political allegiance in recent years, going from a candidate for the ...

President Biden and President-elect Trump met for almost two hours and discussed a funding bill that Congress needs to pass ...

In a post on Truth Social announcing the nomination of Gaetz, Trump said: "Few issues in America are more important than ...

Updated November 13, 2024 at 13:27 PM ET Is intelligent alien life darting around in space — and even in the skies above us ...

This is likely to be their final meeting before President Biden leaves office. Biden sees it as a chance to reflect on the ...