The Latest Books Books We Love: NPR staffers' favorite nonfiction books of 2025 NPR's Books We Love returns with about 380 titles handpicked by NPR staff and critics. Reporter Andrew Limbong shares this year's nonfiction favorites with Michel Martin. Andrew Limbong World COP30 ends with agreement on adaptation funding but no mention of fossil fuels World climate negotiations wrapped up over the weekend in Brazil with an agreement that increases money for countries to adapt to climate change but doesn't address phasing out fossil fuels. Julia Simon Politics U.S. set to label Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization President Trump's administration is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro designating Cartel de los Soles as a terrorist organization. But the entity is not a cartel per se. The Associated Press Politics In Geneva, U.S. and Ukraine officials report progress on ending war with Russia Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they'd made progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war but provided scant details after discussing the American proposal to achieve peace. The Associated Press National The U.S. Transportation Department is urging air passengers to be on good behavior Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants. Kristin Wright Politics Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK's granddaughter who wrote about her cancer, has died at age 35 Schlossberg, an environmental journalist and a daughter of Caroline Kennedy, has died, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said. She revealed her battle with acute myeloid leukemia last month. Michael Levitt National Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. Kristin Wright World A new U.S. peace plan asks Ukraine for steep concessions U.S. and Ukrainian officials are negotiating a contentious peace plan in Geneva that would require major concessions from Kyiv. Luke Garrett World Are we entering a new nuclear arms race? Yaroslav Trofimov of The Wall Street Journal explains why he thinks that the U.S., Russia, and China have entered a new nuclear race. Daniel Ofman Movies What film has become your family's holiday ritual? NPR's Stephen Thompson and Kathryn Fink talk about the movies their families return to every holiday season and why those traditions stick. Stephen Thompson Prev 661 of 1650 Next Sponsored
Books Books We Love: NPR staffers' favorite nonfiction books of 2025 NPR's Books We Love returns with about 380 titles handpicked by NPR staff and critics. Reporter Andrew Limbong shares this year's nonfiction favorites with Michel Martin. Andrew Limbong
World COP30 ends with agreement on adaptation funding but no mention of fossil fuels World climate negotiations wrapped up over the weekend in Brazil with an agreement that increases money for countries to adapt to climate change but doesn't address phasing out fossil fuels. Julia Simon
Politics U.S. set to label Maduro-tied Cartel de los Soles as a terror organization President Trump's administration is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro designating Cartel de los Soles as a terrorist organization. But the entity is not a cartel per se. The Associated Press
Politics In Geneva, U.S. and Ukraine officials report progress on ending war with Russia Top U.S. and Ukrainian officials said Sunday they'd made progress toward ending the Russia-Ukraine war but provided scant details after discussing the American proposal to achieve peace. The Associated Press
National The U.S. Transportation Department is urging air passengers to be on good behavior Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants air travelers to be nice this holiday season. A new DOT campaign asks passengers to help each other and thank flight attendants. Kristin Wright
Politics Tatiana Schlossberg, JFK's granddaughter who wrote about her cancer, has died at age 35 Schlossberg, an environmental journalist and a daughter of Caroline Kennedy, has died, the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation said. She revealed her battle with acute myeloid leukemia last month. Michael Levitt
National Texas men indicted in plot to take over Haitian island and enslave women and children Gavin Weisenburg, 21, and Tanner Thomas, 20, planned to take over Gonave Island and murder all men on the island, prosecutors alleged. Kristin Wright
World A new U.S. peace plan asks Ukraine for steep concessions U.S. and Ukrainian officials are negotiating a contentious peace plan in Geneva that would require major concessions from Kyiv. Luke Garrett
World Are we entering a new nuclear arms race? Yaroslav Trofimov of The Wall Street Journal explains why he thinks that the U.S., Russia, and China have entered a new nuclear race. Daniel Ofman
Movies What film has become your family's holiday ritual? NPR's Stephen Thompson and Kathryn Fink talk about the movies their families return to every holiday season and why those traditions stick. Stephen Thompson