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NPR is highlighting Indigenous stories from across its network in celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Day. -
President Trump is trying to reverse the Clinton era rule that puts 59 million acres of National Forest lands off limits to timber harvest and other development. America's timber industry may not see the boom many conservatives expect.
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The White House is blaming Democrats for the thousands of reduction-in-force notices that were sent out Friday, but the layoffs have been central to President Trump's agenda since his reelection.
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In South Carolina, more than 150 unvaccinated schoolkids are under quarantine after being exposed to measles. Across the U.S., total case counts could be even higher than the official number. -
On Saturday, a federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops in Illinois. -
A mass shooting at a crowded bar on an idyllic South Carolina island has left four people dead and at least 20 injured, officials say. -
With no end in sight to the funding standoff, financial anxiety is growing. One single mom in Colorado raided her retirement savings to get through the shutdown. -
Federal workers, many already furloughed, may now face unemployment as the White House uses them as leverage in negotiations to end the federal government shutdown.
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In Connecticut, formerly incarcerated people are building bookshelves and filling them with books for donation to prisons. They say reading helped them get through their own sentences.
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China signaled Sunday that it would not back down in the face of a 100% tariff threat from President Donald Trump, urging the U.S. to resolve differences through negotiations instead of threats. -
A blast in rural Tennessee that leveled an explosives plant and was felt for miles around killed 16 people and left no survivors, authorities said. -
Cynthia Abrams with NPR Member station WPLN reports from Humphreys County, where officials say at least 18 people are missing and feared dead after an explosion at a military explosives plant.
