The Latest Sports A neuroscientist heads to the Winter Paralympics Sydney Peterson is among the U.S. athletes heading to the 2026 Winter Paralympics. A neuroscientist in training, Peterson is studying movement disorders, similar to her own condition. Emily Chen-Newton National Hear what United Airlines is doing to inspire passengers to use headphones Tired of listening to other people's music, shows, and phone conversations in flight, the people at United Airlines have written a rule that lets them kick you off the plane if you don't put on headphones. Scott Simon National Security What's Trump's plan for the U.S. security initiative called, 'The Shield of Americas'? A regional coalition of Latin American countries will make up "The Shield of Americas," which becomes official this weekend in Miami. What does the Trump Administration want from this new initiative? Franco Ordoñez National Native Americans react to Sen. Markwayne Mullin's DHS appointment Many tribes are encouraged by Trump's choice of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a member of the Cherokee nation, as the new DHS Secretary. ICE agents have been accused of racially profiling Native Americans. Eric Westervelt World European leaders' views on the developing war in the Middle East Europeans are divided over how to respond to the US/Israel war with Iran. German leaders have been measured, while Spain's prime minister has been critical of the Trump Administration and of Israel. Rob Schmitz National Security Latest updates on the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran In the week since the U.S. began bombing Iran, more countries in the Middle East are launching strikes. Hannah Bloch World How Iranians are responding to the war Iranians are streaming across the border with Turkey, fleeing constant bombardment. But some are also going the other way -- returning to Iran out of worry for loved ones they can't otherwise reach. Jim Kane Politics Week in Politics: Trump's messaging on Iran war; MAGA base reaction; new DHS leadership Messaging from the Trump Administration over the war on Iran has been mixed and confused. There are tensions in the MAGA base over the war. Plus, a new Secretary of Homeland Security is in the works. Scott Simon World An international security expert analyzes regional impact of U.S.-Israel war on Iran NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michael Wahid Hanna of the International Crisis Group about how the spillover of the war between Iran, Israel, and the U.S. into other countries might change regional dynamics. Scott Simon Sports Curling had its moment at the Olympics and now Paralympics. It sparked a curling bonanza in America Hundreds of people become interested in curling every four years and the 2026 numbers already show that boom. Anusha Mathur Prev 118 of 1647 Next Sponsored
Sports A neuroscientist heads to the Winter Paralympics Sydney Peterson is among the U.S. athletes heading to the 2026 Winter Paralympics. A neuroscientist in training, Peterson is studying movement disorders, similar to her own condition. Emily Chen-Newton
National Hear what United Airlines is doing to inspire passengers to use headphones Tired of listening to other people's music, shows, and phone conversations in flight, the people at United Airlines have written a rule that lets them kick you off the plane if you don't put on headphones. Scott Simon
National Security What's Trump's plan for the U.S. security initiative called, 'The Shield of Americas'? A regional coalition of Latin American countries will make up "The Shield of Americas," which becomes official this weekend in Miami. What does the Trump Administration want from this new initiative? Franco Ordoñez
National Native Americans react to Sen. Markwayne Mullin's DHS appointment Many tribes are encouraged by Trump's choice of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a member of the Cherokee nation, as the new DHS Secretary. ICE agents have been accused of racially profiling Native Americans. Eric Westervelt
World European leaders' views on the developing war in the Middle East Europeans are divided over how to respond to the US/Israel war with Iran. German leaders have been measured, while Spain's prime minister has been critical of the Trump Administration and of Israel. Rob Schmitz
National Security Latest updates on the U.S. and Israel's war with Iran In the week since the U.S. began bombing Iran, more countries in the Middle East are launching strikes. Hannah Bloch
World How Iranians are responding to the war Iranians are streaming across the border with Turkey, fleeing constant bombardment. But some are also going the other way -- returning to Iran out of worry for loved ones they can't otherwise reach. Jim Kane
Politics Week in Politics: Trump's messaging on Iran war; MAGA base reaction; new DHS leadership Messaging from the Trump Administration over the war on Iran has been mixed and confused. There are tensions in the MAGA base over the war. Plus, a new Secretary of Homeland Security is in the works. Scott Simon
World An international security expert analyzes regional impact of U.S.-Israel war on Iran NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michael Wahid Hanna of the International Crisis Group about how the spillover of the war between Iran, Israel, and the U.S. into other countries might change regional dynamics. Scott Simon
Sports Curling had its moment at the Olympics and now Paralympics. It sparked a curling bonanza in America Hundreds of people become interested in curling every four years and the 2026 numbers already show that boom. Anusha Mathur