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A customer shops for produce in an H-E-B grocery store on May 11 in Austin, Texas.

This is how close American households are to the financial edge

A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.

President Donald Trump (2nd-L) speaks as (L-R) U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy listen during a Cabinet meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House on May 27, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Trump meets with his Cabinet days after saying a peace deal with Iran was "largely negotiated" amid expectations around the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

U.S. strikes Iran again. And, DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades

The U.S. says it has struck Iran again as peace talks continue to end the conflict. And, the federal government has charged a Google staffer for allegedly using insider information in Polymarket trades.

President Trump holds his signed executive order that calls for restricting voting by mail in the White House's Oval Office in March.

A federal judge in D.C. declines to block Trump's executive order on voting by mail

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has declined to temporarily block President Trump's executive order that calls for restricting mail-in voting. Another judge may rule on the order soon.

U.S. conducts another strike against Iran

U.S. forces carried out new defensive strikes on Iran on Wednesday as President Trump insisted November's midterm elections won't make him rush to make a deal to end the Iran war.

Former U.S. special envoy on the mixed messages coming from Trump and Iran

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Robert Malley, former U.S. special envoy for Iran, about mixed messages from the Trump administration and Iranian leadership about a potential deal to end the war.

In this 2021 photo, signs are displayed at a tent during a health event in Charleston, W.Va. Public health officials say the spread of naloxone, also known as Narcan, has dramatically reduced overdose deaths in the U.S.

U.S. street drug deaths keep dropping, but some Western states see deadly overdose surge

Researchers say some structural changes in treating addiction are helping, including wider access to overdose-reversing medication.

Republican state Rep. Gary Click, from northern Ohio, is a Baptist pastor and three-term lawmaker. Here, he poses for a portrait in his office in Columbus, Ohio, in February.

An Ohio pastor-turned-lawmaker backs a Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act for schools

The bill says it would permit the teaching of the positive impact of Judeo-Christian values in U.S. history. Opponents say it offers a skewed view of history.

Leylah Larkin took home the top prize at the second annual Montgomery-Hill Poetry Slam.

Cleveland poetry slam rewards teens’ creativity

The second annual event at the John Hay Campus rewarded CMSD students with prizes up to $5,000.

Swing Shift voters, a group of swing voters in swing states who NPR is routinely speaking with through the next several months. Clockwise from top left: Lee from Nevada, Michelle from Michigan, Wally from Georgia, Jason from North Carolina, Evan from Wisconsin, Gerald from Georgia, Colleen, John and Theresa from Pennsylvania.

These swing voters are adding high gas prices into their political calculations

As part of NPR's Swing Shift project checking in with swing voters, these Americans are split on who is to blame for high gas prices but they all agree it has an impact on their personal finances.

Vincent Tourville, a veteran of the Iraq War, lives on the West Los Angeles VA Campus with his 2-year-old son.

Trump pledged to house 6,000 homeless vets. His budget funds zero

Veterans groups hoped a Trump executive order would supercharge housing for homeless vets. That hasn't happened, and veterans' advocates want to know why.

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