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Earlier this year, Japan unsuccessfully lobbied members of the International Whaling Commission to drop the organization's ban on commercial whaling.

From mid-December to February, hundreds upon hundreds of bald eagles flock to the Skagit River in northwest Washington to feast on spawning salmon. It's...

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with David Schweikert, an Arizona congressman and Freedom Caucus member, about House spending bill negotiations as the possibility of a partial government shutdown looms.

Today was supposed to be a good day for detained Iraqis who were rounded up starting in the summer of 2017. A district court judge had ordered the remaining 110 of the group to be released, but today's opinion from the 6th Circuit Court throws the case into turmoil.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Daniel Byman, senior fellow in the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, about the status of ISIS operations in Syria.

Trump administration efforts to undo Obama-era health insurance rules have helped increase sales of limited health plans that cost consumers less than traditional coverage.

Senators are to vote on a bill that includes $5.7 billion in funding for a border wall. Steve Inskeep talks to GOP Rep. Ralph Norman of South Carolina. NPR's Kelsey Snell weighs in on the topic.

Both Republican and Democratic members of Congress praised the retired Marine Corps general and expressed concern over the direction of Trump's military and foreign policy once Mattis is gone.

A Toledo family recently spotted a 4-foot weed growing from a street corner. They added some tinsel and others started adding ornaments. Others left presents which will be donated to needy people.

Mexico and the U.S. have come to an agreement that immigrants from third countries, who are crossing or approaching the border to seek asylum, will stay in Mexico while their claims are decided.