The Latest National The Trump administration is softening its tone on FEMA NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to New York Times reporter Scott Dance about efforts to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency. President Trump's review panel failed to meet a deadline last week. Ayesha Rascoe Economy Consumer spending is the U.S. economy's main driver. Here's how it's doing NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy. Ayesha Rascoe History Why do we kiss? New research finds the answer goes back 21 million years Kissing could be 21 million years old. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Matilda Brindle an evolutionary biologist from Oxford University about the origins of smooching. Ayesha Rascoe Bible sales are booming. Political uncertainty might have something to do with it Bible sales have boomed in recent years. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bob Smietana of Religion News Service about what's behind the trend. Bob Smietana National Kids are highly supervised in physical spaces, but not online. Here's what that does NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to researcher Eli Stark-Elster about the imbalance of how adults supervise children in physical spaces versus digitally. Ayesha Rascoe Politics Politics chat: Trump's Ukraine plan, meeting with Mamdani; Marjorie Taylor Green resigns We take a look at President Trump's peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, Marjorie Taylor Greene's decision to step down from Congress, and a surprisingly cordial visit to the White House. Ayesha Rascoe Health Obesity drugs, so far only available to take by injection, will soon be in pill form Pill versions of the obesity drugs now taken only as injections are on the way. We look at the science behind the pills and if they might be more affordable and accessible than the shots. Ayesha Rascoe After October 7, Israel vowed to destroy Hamas. The war has spurred many to join it The Palestinian militant group Hamas has been devastated by two years of fighting in Gaza. But is the organization now using a ceasefire to regroup? Abu Bakr Bashir Europe Why more and more women are choosing to enlist in the Ukrainian military An increasing number of women are joining the Ukrainian military. Thousands of females are now serving in frontline roles as Russia's full-scale war on the country approaches its fourth year. Joanna Kakissis Bolsonaro's conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19 Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 dead say his conviction, though separate to the pandemic, offers vindication. The Associated Press Prev 664 of 1650 Next Sponsored
National The Trump administration is softening its tone on FEMA NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to New York Times reporter Scott Dance about efforts to reshape the Federal Emergency Management Agency. President Trump's review panel failed to meet a deadline last week. Ayesha Rascoe
Economy Consumer spending is the U.S. economy's main driver. Here's how it's doing NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Bankrate analyst Ted Rossman about consumer spending and debt, and what it tells us about the overall health of the economy. Ayesha Rascoe
History Why do we kiss? New research finds the answer goes back 21 million years Kissing could be 21 million years old. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Matilda Brindle an evolutionary biologist from Oxford University about the origins of smooching. Ayesha Rascoe
Bible sales are booming. Political uncertainty might have something to do with it Bible sales have boomed in recent years. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Bob Smietana of Religion News Service about what's behind the trend. Bob Smietana
National Kids are highly supervised in physical spaces, but not online. Here's what that does NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to researcher Eli Stark-Elster about the imbalance of how adults supervise children in physical spaces versus digitally. Ayesha Rascoe
Politics Politics chat: Trump's Ukraine plan, meeting with Mamdani; Marjorie Taylor Green resigns We take a look at President Trump's peace plan to end the war in Ukraine, Marjorie Taylor Greene's decision to step down from Congress, and a surprisingly cordial visit to the White House. Ayesha Rascoe
Health Obesity drugs, so far only available to take by injection, will soon be in pill form Pill versions of the obesity drugs now taken only as injections are on the way. We look at the science behind the pills and if they might be more affordable and accessible than the shots. Ayesha Rascoe
After October 7, Israel vowed to destroy Hamas. The war has spurred many to join it The Palestinian militant group Hamas has been devastated by two years of fighting in Gaza. But is the organization now using a ceasefire to regroup? Abu Bakr Bashir
Europe Why more and more women are choosing to enlist in the Ukrainian military An increasing number of women are joining the Ukrainian military. Thousands of females are now serving in frontline roles as Russia's full-scale war on the country approaches its fourth year. Joanna Kakissis
Bolsonaro's conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID-19 Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro received a 27-year sentence for a coup attempt. Relatives of the 700,000 COVID-19 dead say his conviction, though separate to the pandemic, offers vindication. The Associated Press