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Latest Episodes
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What does President Trump's changing rhetoric on Vladimir Putin suggest about his relationship with the Russian leader? NPR's Michel Martin asks William Taylor, former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.
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For several days now, President Trump has expressed growing frustration with Russian President Vladimir Putin over the slow progress towards ending the war in Ukraine.
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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has been called "Trump before there was a Trump." Here's why his reshaping of Hungary's political institutions inspires U.S. conservatives.
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Federal trade court blocks many of Trump's tariffs, Trump expressing frustration with Putin and Russia's continued war on Ukraine, Conservative Political Action Conference begins in Hungary.
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Energy Secretary Chris Wright is a former oil and gas executive who argues climate change isn't a crisis. Now he runs an agency that's responsible for developing alternative energy sources.
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For years, people across Nepal have complained of monkeys stealing food from their properties. Now, the government is holding its first-ever monkey census to understand exactly how bad the problem is.
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Conservative Political Action Conference chairman Matt Schlapp tells NPR's Leila Fadel in the Hungarian capital Budapest that the group is expanding to cities around the globe.
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At colleges across the U.S., football coaches are often among the highest paid people. NPR's Planet Money looks into what makes them so valuable.
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Many Hungarians say they're watching their democratic institutions crumble under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. That's now a driving factor for many young Hungarians pursuing a higher education abroad.
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The Trump administration is pushing for a national school voucher plan, which is part of the budget bill now before the Senate. But research on the success of voucher programs is mixed.