Absolutely striking to see a Republican president talking about the federal government administering elections, after years of GOP leaders defending state-run voting.

There are apparently still people who don’t believe Trump pardoned all of the violent Jan. 6 defendants. In fact, every single Jan. 6 defendant received clemency, including full pardons for the most violent. npr.org/2025/01/21/nx-…

FIRST ON NPR: The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee Oversight Dems is asking the Justice Department for answers after NPR's investigation revealed Epstein files related to President Trump are missing from the public record. npr.org/2026/02/25/nx-…

EXCLUSIVE: The strike that destroyed a school in Minab, Iran was larger than has been previously reported. A nearby clinic was also hit. The evidence suggests a precision strike against an IRGC base that was adjacent to the school. npr.org/2026/03/04/nx-…

With Rep. Dan Crenshaw losing his primary Rep. Burgess Owens retiring Sen. Steve Daines' surprise retirement Now ***1 in 8*** current lawmakers in Congress don't plan to return to their seats next year, per the NPR retirement tracker. datawrapper.de/_/BzuEO/?v=44

After Trump’s pardon freed him from prison, Jan. 6 rioter Andrew Paul Johnson repeatedly sexually abused two young kids. “We were scared,” one victim testified. Johnson tried to buy their silence - promising to share J6 restitution money. Today, Johnson got life in prison.

NEW: The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld. But 37 pages of records are still not public. More: npr.org/2026/03/05/nx-…

With Rep. Darrell Issa's announcement he's retiring, we're at 68 members of Congress who don't plan to return to their seat –– 1 in 8 lawmakers. We're tied for the most House R's retiring in a century and it's already the most Senate Rs in one cycle. npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-…

Is the US using 2000-pound JDAM bombs on urban areas in Iran? At the Turkish border crossing many fleeing Tehran tell us they are seeing huge explosions that are collapsing homes for many meters "to the right and left of their targets". These bombs, even adapted for "precision"

After years of high civilian casualties, DoD adopted a broad plan for prevention & response. The staff tried hard to save it as Hegseth prioritized lethality; one even floated renaming the new civilian protection center the ‘Center for Precision Warfare.’ Today, it’s mostly gone

The last paragraph of this story by Tom, Kat Lonsdorf and myself is well worth a read. A source tells us that due to Hegseth's decision to cut DoD funding to prevent civilian casualties, military commands were paying out of their own budget for analysts to do the work.

NEW: An internal government watchdog and members of Congress are separately investigating new allegations that a Department of Government Efficiency staffer potentially misused sensitive Social Security data. npr.org/2026/03/11/nx-…

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With Republican Florida Rep. Daniel Webster's retirement announcement, the NPR tracker is up to 70 current members announcing they will retire/run for different office. In all, 86 members who served in the 119th Congress won't be there in 2027. npr.org/2025/12/17/nx-…

One question I get a lot is can you see the stars differently from up in space. When we orbit on the night side of the planet, we get a view of the stars very much like being in a very dark place on Earth. And because of our orbital inclination, we get to see the stars of both

We looked into Polymarket's presence in Panama, obtained its government paperwork and visited its headquarters in Panama City. There was no sign of Polymarket. Nobody had heard of Polymarket there. After more digging, we found that more than a dozen other crypto companies

New: Babies who don’t get the vitamin K shot are 81 times more likely to develop severe bleeding. In many cases, oxygen can’t reach their brains and blood pools around their skulls. Yet driven by misinformation, more parents are refusing the injection. propub.li/42PRfyl

"Two of the families who went on to have other children found themselves facing the same decision: Would they decline the vitamin K shot again? Both got the shot for their newborn." Always read Duaa Eldeib's work: propublica.org/article/more-p…

Babies were found with dead brain tissue similar to what follows cancer and the kind of bleeding seen after a stroke. Their autopsies all came to the same conclusion: Their deaths could have been prevented with a long-standard vitamin shot. propublica.org/article/more-p…

This woman just made ultramarathon history in 56-hour, 250-mile run in Arizona. Rachel Entrekin won the Cocodona 250 outright in a 56-hour, 250+mile effort, beating the entire men’s field, setting a new course record, and marking a landmark moment in ultrarunning history.