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2025 will go down as a year of chaos for groups that help poor people. Some have been forced to scale back as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs.

In West Africa, a new policy is hailed as a first step to making expensive and arduous flights cheaper.

Throughline host Rund Abdelfatah brings us the story of the origins of chocolate.

A U.S. official confirms that the CIA struck a dock facility on the coast of Venezuela.

Sen. Alex Padilla of California and three other Democrats are reminding the Smithsonian's secretary that the institution "is the responsibility of Congress."

European leaders to meet for emergency summit about the U.S. and Greenland, Trump's statements about Greenland threaten long-standing world order, SCOTUS weighs Trump's power to fire Fed governors.

The U.S.'s break from the World Health Organization is almost finalized. But the details of the breakup are complicated - as are the post-divorce dynamics.

After ten years of war, there are thousands of orphans in Sierra Leone, and David Hecht reports on efforts to arrange for two of them to emigrate to the United States.

Lecrae's new album, "Reconstruction," weaves together themes of faith, pain, and hope. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Christian rapper about his latest work.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Buddy Guy about his appearance in the movie "Sinners" and about playing on its soundtrack.