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The Trump administration has so far frozen about $11 billion in research funding. University leaders say no other source can fill the void.

As President Trump expands his aggressive immigration crackdown to major cities across the country, U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents have been detained or arrested, sometimes held for days.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., on recent developments around the federal immigration enforcement surge in her home state.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with playwright Wallace Shawn and director André Gregory about their newest play, "What We Did Before Our Moth Days." They've been working together for five decades.

Now the former Republican U.S. representative leads an organization that promotes taxing carbon as a way to reduce dependency on fossil fuels.

Prospective parents can now pick embryos based on risk predictions for thousands of diseases and odds for specific traits. But should they?

The number of migrants trying to cross the southern U.S. border illegally has gone down significantly. But migrants still face long waits using a government app for asylum claims.

Native American people face a higher rate of type 2 diabetes than the general population. Several regional tribes are offering diabetes management programs to help patients fight those odds.

Mental health courts connect people to treatment and keep them out of jail. But they also often come at the price of a guilty plea, and participants say that feels like coercion.

Even when patients double-check that their care is covered by insurance, health providers may send them bills as they haggle with insurers over reimbursement. It's stressful and annoying — but legal.