Layoffs and potential closures of key facilities raise worries about NOAA’s future
The Trump administration may end leases for some of NOAA’s offices while the agency terminates several advisory committees at the important weather and climate agency.
As Canadians cancel trips due to Trump, the U.S. tourism industry could lose billions
The Trump administration’s attacks on its northern neighbor have been met with confusion and anger by some Canadians who are now cancelling their trips to the U.S. in protest.
How does the U.S. federal workforce compare with those in other countries?
President Trump’s administration has fired more than 20,000 federal workers. How does the federal workforce compare with those of other countries?
State Supreme Court races can be costly, competitive and combative. Why?
Wisconsin is on track to break spending records once again in a high court contest that’s at times turned heated. But these races weren’t always like this.
North Carolina nonprofit helping dispel panic and rumors amid immigration crackdown
President Trump demands cities and states cooperate with immigration enforcement. In immigrant communities, that’s led to panic and many rumors. A North Carolina nonprofit is helping dispel them.
Rural Alaskan schools are crumbling as the state fails to provide funding to fix them
Rural schools in Alaska are plagued with health and safety issues. The state has failed for nearly two decades to provide the funding needed to fix them, despite repeated requests.
How tax cuts on Social Security benefits would impact the program’s longevity
President Trump has promised again to cut taxes on Social Security benefits. NPR asks the Committee for a Responsible Budget’s Marc Goldwein about the potential impact on the program’s longevity.
Iowan with a transgender child reacts to state’s elimination of protections
Iowa eliminated anti-discrimination protections for transgender people from its civil rights law. NPR’s Leila Fadel talks to Matt McIver, an Iowan with a transgender child.
Supreme Court upholds lower court order to force USAID to pay contractors
In an order, the justices left in place a lower court order that so far has only required the Trump administration to pay contractors for foreign aid work that has already been completed — roughly $2 billion.
Takeaways from Trump’s address to Congress. And, China projects confidence in economy
President Trump delivered a partisan address to a joint session of Congress last night, boasting about his accomplishments from the first six weeks. And, China projects confidence in its economy.
‘God walks with us through the ashes.’ A poignant Ash Wednesday after LA wildfires
On Ash Wednesday, Christians hear the words “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.” Those words ring differently for many whose churches and homes burned in the Los Angeles fires.
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