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NPR asks legal scholar Kim Wehle about the limits of presidential power in light of multiple media reports of a Justice Department investigation into former intelligence officials.

In the Sept. 10 presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, nuclear weapons were mentioned just once. But President Joe Biden has said the threat of nuclear war is as high as it's ever been. Our new podcast explores the history, science and policy of the U.S. nuclear program — and why we should be talking about it.

A truck filled with bodies in Austria highlighted the perils of the epic refugee flow into Europe. Hungarian journalist Istvan Szekeres tells NPR's Scott Simon about their journey.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rachel Bachman, senior sports reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about the dispute between the U.S. Soccer Federation and the U.S. Women's Team over pay inequality.

In the latest episode of Democracy’s Future, you'll hear from students who are learning about political rhetoric, when persuasion veers into disinformation, and how AI can make disinformation even more prevalent heading into the fall elections.

The Obama administration has pledged to support the Nigerian government in its effort to recover more than 250 schoolgirls kidnapped by the group Boko Haram. Sarah Sewall of the U.S. State Department just returned from high level meetings in Nigeria and speaks about the trip.

One increasingly popular water sport — wake surfing — is causing some to question its safety and its environmental impact on lakes.

The decision reverses the use of consent decrees to ensure accountability of law enforcement agencies. It comes days before the anniversary of George Floyd's murder by a police officer.

With Turkey's currency volatile and an ongoing battle between Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President Trump, Turks are tense about their economic future, but not in a panic.

Romance is one of the few profitable genres in the self-publishing industry. How romance writers turned e-books into a publishing juggernaut.