Search results for

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Douglas Ollivant, director for Iraq at the National Security Council during both the Bush and Obama administrations, about the Trump-ordered airstrike.

With a Cabinet post awaiting a nominee and hundreds of senior government positions unfilled, Trump says he is draining the swamp. Others say he is leaving "substitute teachers" in charge.

Former President Donald Trump's plan has been decried as an attack on people he called the "deep state" when it was announced in October.

Three members of the White House coronavirus task force — FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, CDC Director Robert Redfield and NIAID Director Anthony Fauci — are isolating themselves for two weeks.

The past year's notable recordings come from wide, eclectic influences, with many of the favorite 2017 albums released were from women artists. As with…

Rory McIlroy was already one of the best golfers of all time. His win at the Masters on Sunday gave him the career Grand Slam, cementing that legacy. He's one of only six male golfers to do that.

One song has ruled the pop chart for over a month. One album has topped the album chart for two months. But there are signs this week that both could face serious challengers soon.

Sinet An and her Cambodian basketball teammates had their first big international win in late 2019. Then came COVID. Now they practice via Zoom — and dream of their return to the court.

This week brings four novels about love: childhood love in immigrant Brooklyn; married love in dot-com San Francisco; intergenerational love and tension in Philadelphia; and an academic father's sometimes obtuse love for his three daughters. In nonfiction, football star Michael Oher describes his experiences in foster care.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Cook County, Ill., State's Attorney Kim Foxx about why prosecutors decided to drop all charges against actor Jussie Smollett, who was indicted on 16 felony counts.