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Last year, China overtook the U.S. as home of the world's fastest supercomputer. That lasted only six months, but generated intense national pride. Will the much-vaunted program able to live up to Beijing's high expectations?

Last year, China overtook the U.S. as home of the world's fastest supercomputer. That lasted only six months, but generated intense national pride. Will the much-vaunted program able to live up to Beijing's high expectations?

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about Caitlin Clark's last Iowa basketball game, a college basketball tradition causing player injuries, and the NFL scouting combine.

With all the attention on the impending presidential election, it seems like no one's talking about Ron Paul anymore. His candidacy for the GOP nomination has been dead for months. But his passionate, young supporters are still organizing — this time, around local candidates in several states, including Iowa. Their dissatisfaction with Mitt Romney could have implications for the top of ticket, too.

NPR's 3rd annual celebration of Black Music Month begins on Monday. Tiny Desk host and producer Bobby Carter tells us about what’s in store this year.

After the U.S. took military action against three nuclear sites in Iran, reaction across the political spectrum was swift with many Democrats decrying the president's "unilateral" strikes.

Melissa Block talks to Adam Davidson about growing income inequality at every level of our economy. Davidson has been pouring over data recently released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The U.S. Postal Service's governing board has named David Steiner, a board member of USPS competitor FedEx, to be the next postmaster general following the controversial term of Louis DeJoy.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to sports reporter Tom Goldman about the injury affecting one of the WNBA's best players. Plus, they discuss a new initiative aimed at making racing less deadly for horses.

Lawmakers were split by party at a hearing Tuesday over how much attention they paid to sharing of sensitive military information with a journalist on Signal.