Internal emails and documents demonstrate the political capture of the institution, including how officials once pursued a plan to unload much of the art collection.

A bipartisan bill in the Senate would allow President Trump to impose tariffs on the biggest importers of Russian energy.

In a dogged demonstration of love for a Washington institution, Sandy Weiswasser is among a few dozen volunteers still showing dwindling visitors a hollowed-out building.

The passports feature an image of President Trump and are only available in person at the Washington Passport Agency — and only by appointment.

Exiled Russian journalist Vladimir Raevsky says laughter can be a weapon against authoritarianism. NPR's Michele Kelemen reports on his history-inspired comedy act.

A leaked State Department memo shows the U.S. threatened to revoke Palestinian visas if they pushed for a senior United Nations post.

Under the Trump administration, the State Department is seeing an exodus of diplomats. Among the reasons: a newly aggressive politicization of U.S. foreign policy.

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It was one of the deadliest Israeli strikes of the Gaza war, devastating one extended family. A year and a half later, the survivors find their loved ones' remains.

I spent 10 months working at the institution because I thought I could help protect it. What I observed there is far worse than the public knows.

Klose led NPR for a decade starting in 1998, a period of incredible growth for the public media network.

An Israeli whose parents were killed on Oct. 7, 2023, and a Palestinian whose brother died from injuries in Israeli custody say they've become like brothers. Their new book is The Future Is Peace: A S...

We take a moment to remember former NPR audio engineer Brian Jarboe, who died on Monday. As a colleague, he was kind, agile and skilled in the studio — and he always had a guitar pick on him.

If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.

After retiring from Chevron, Ali Moshiri warned the Trump administration it would face a morass if it tried to install the democratic opposition.

Vladimir Putin endorses plan drawn up by Russian consultancy that is under western sanctions

Russia's full-scale war in Ukraine recently crossed the four-year mark. Throughout that time, one of the biggest questions has been: Is this what Russians want?

One week into the U.S.–Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, the conflict is already spilling far beyond its original battlefield — with shockwaves reaching from Cyprus to Sri Lanka.

Washington and Caracas moved to restore diplomatic ties, as President Trump touts Venezuela's post-Maduro transition as a model for regime change in Iran.

The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.

The images suggest that precision munitions struck other buildings, including a clinic that was also inside the complex.

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone’

Marco Rubio was more civil than J. D. Vance had been, but the message to longtime allies was the same.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

The case filed in Massachusetts is the first lawsuit over the strikes to land in a U.S. federal court since the Trump administration launched a campaign to target vessels off the coast of Venezuela.

NPR's Daniel Estrin and Anas Baba reflect on how their reporting partnership across Tel Aviv and Gaza changed after October 7th, 2023.

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo obtained by The Associated Press reveals that the agency allows immigration officers to forcibly enter homes to make arrests without a judicial warrant.

Three months after Trump's Gaza plan, Palestinians say the war is still not over and no international force has arrived.

NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.

Loud noises were being heard in Venezuelan capital Caracas in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Reuters witnesses, and the southern area of the city, near a major military base, was without electricity.