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The Senate passed a $286-billion farm bill on Friday expanding grower subsidies and food stamps. An earlier version of the bill contained a bipartisan amendment designed to scale back the nation's federal crop insurance program, which critics have called one of the government's most inefficient programs.

The euphoria of Syria's new dawn has turned to violence. Alleged massacres of minority Alawites have sent a fresh wave of refugees into neighboring Lebanon.

As President Trump ramps up efforts to send federal officers and troops into cities, criminologists are watching closely. Are the feds doing this in a smart way?

Mark Gaskin suddenly lost his job and home after an injury, but his situation didn't stop him from stepping in to care for an elderly relative in need. He shares why he became his aunt's caregiver.

Scientists have long held that early human men did the hunting and women the gathering. A new review of data on foraging societies in modern times suggests that most women hunted.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with the New York City Police Commissioner Dermot Shea about his department's response to protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in police custody.

Robert Siegel talks about John Bolton with Ambassador Robert Hutchings, former chairman of the National Intelligence Council. Hutchings testified in the Senate last week about Bolton's nomination to be the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Hutchings had a number of disagreements with Bolton when they both worked in government.

Scott Simon talks to David Miliband, CEO and president of the International Rescue Committee, about the ongoing refugee crisis in Ukraine.

The newly released whistleblower complaint alleges that White House officials tried to hide records of President Trump's phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., about the call between President Trump and Ukraine's president and the related whistleblower complaint.