President Donald Trump on Saturday announced he's levying tariffs of 30% against the European Union and Mexico.

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Hundreds of pets have been reported missing after the devastating floods in central Texas. Volunteers have been combing ...

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Jane Ragsdale ran the Heart O' the Hills camp for girls in Kerr County. The camp was between sessions when the deluge hit.

Civil rights groups alleged that ICE and Border Patrol agents are rounding people up based on their race, and denying them ...

Indian investigators determined the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was properly configured and lifted off normally. But three seconds ...

The State Department is slashing hundreds of jobs in what's being called its biggest shake-up in decades — drawing sharp ...

A plan to force the sale of federal public lands was taken out of President Trump's tax and spending bill but the fight appears far from over.

NPR's Scott Simon asks veteran career diplomat Nicholas Burns about the Trump administration's plans to downsize the State Department.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Mark Kurlansky about his new novel, "Cheesecake." It's a story of New York's restaurant and real estate scenes in the 1980s and, of course, that delectable dessert.