After a leadership shakeup at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, a look at what's ahead for the giant firms and how the changes could affect mortgage affordability.

The dismantling of USAID has had a significant impact on the projects that may actually serve to discourage illegal immigration to the U.S.

You don't need to visit Japan or Washington, D.C. to see cherry blossom trees. Here are three places around the U.S. where you can see the blooms — weather permitting.

Investors are bracing for more turbulence, as President Trump prepares to unveil a new set of tariffs on Wednesday.

NPR's A Martinez asks Yale University philosophy professor Jason Stanley, an expert on fascism, about his decision to leave the U.S. and accept a position teaching American studies in Canada.

U.S. humanitarian relief teams are usually among the first to respond to major disasters. But Friday's deadly earthquake in Myanmar came as the Trump administration fired USAID's remaining employees.

In special elections in Florida Tuesday, voters in two congressional districts are choosing who to represent them in the U.S. House. Political watchers are paying close attention to the outcomes.

Some LA-area churches are taking in migrants. For church leaders, the biblical call to care for the stranger comes into direct conflict with the politics of immigration in the U.S.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with journalist Sylvain Bourmeau about the guilty verdict issued against French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, who is now barred from running for political office for five years.

A chapter of Catholic Charities in Wisconsin contends it should be exempted from the state's unemployment compensation system because it's a charitable organization with a religious mission.