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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks to Myron Ebell, who led President Trump's EPA transition team, about the departure of EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt.

A former member of an elite Thai navy unit died while returning from placing oxygen canisters in the cave where 12 boys and their coach have been trapped.

The government's June jobs report beat expectations with another 213,000 jobs added. The unemployment rate ticked up to 4 percent with more people entering the workforce.

Supporters and opponents of Judges Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Barrett have waged a fierce battle for their candidate. But are the differences little more than a summer camp color war?

Shoko Asahara, the leader of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, was hanged after being sentenced to death in 2004. Six of his followers were also put to death.

The San Antonio Zoo wants to make Geoffrey an ambassador for giraffe conservation. The zoo says he could bring himself back from extinction, securing a future for himself and his non-cartoon friends.

Noel King talks to Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware about the resignation of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt. During Pruitt's 16-month tenure, the scandals piled up.

The current religious makeup of the U.S. Supreme Court is predominantly Jewish and Catholic. Why is that so, and how much does the religion of the justices matter?

At 12:01 ET Friday, the U.S. fired the first shots in the trade war by imposing tariffs on $34 billion worth of Chinese goods. China has hit American goods with equivalent tariffs.

A coalition in Nebraska turned in enough signatures to put Medicaid expansion on November's ballot. Supporters say expansion could bring health insurance to around 90,000 low-income Nebraskans