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Michael A. McCoy for NPRArmy Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was fatally shot in Washington, D.C., while Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe was seriously wounded. Trump says the deployments are necessary to fight crime, but others disagree. -
Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThere was yet another sign this week of a potential 2026 wave that could hand control of the House of Representatives to Democrats. -
Matt Rourke/APTrump officials are reviewing changes to racial and ethnic categories that the Biden administration approved for the 2030 census and other federal government forms, a White House agency official says. -
Maansi Srivastava for NPRAdmiral Rachel Levine was the first transgender person to be confirmed by the Senate to serve in the federal government. Her official portrait at HHS headquarters has been altered. -
Sudan has been at the center of a deadly and brutal war since April of 2023. Over 4 million people have fled the country since war broke out and at least 40,000 have been killed.
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As Congress raises questions about the legality of U.S. military boat strikes in the Caribbean, the spotlight is falling on Admiral Mitch Bradley, the commander of U.S. Special Operations Command.
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The Border Patrol's aggressive immigration operation in Charlotte, N.C., took the city by surprise. It lasted about a week, but immigrants and other residents say their city won't ever be the same.
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Mary Hussong-Kallen/WXXI NewsIn the second hour of "Connections with Evan Dawson" on 12/5/25, our guests discuss Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's statement that he wants Americans to "dress up a little bit" for air travel. -
Tony Karumba/AFP via Getty ImagesIn Somalia, people are pushing back and pointing to the positives after President Trump disparaged their country. -
Massapequa School DistrictIn May, the Massapequa school district teamed up with a Native American organization to sue the state’s Board of Regents over its mascot ban.
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