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Health agency staffers describe a week of widespread uncertainty about who still has a job and how the work will get done as thousands of "reduction in force" notices went out beginning April 1. To many it's the opposite of "government efficiency."

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with the jazz artist Christie Dashiell about her first-ever Grammy nomination, for Best Jazz Vocal Album.

President-elect Trump has promised to end two foreign conflicts. NPR correspondents in Israel, Russia and Ukraine asked people about their hopes and fears as Trump takes office.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Garrard Conley about his new novel All the World Beside.

Thomas Dambo's gigantic trolls made out of recycled wood are turning up throughout the Pacific Northwest after making appearances all over the world.(Story aired on Morning Edition on May 16, 2021.)

Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate amid the uncontained wildfires. NPR member station LAist spoke to members of the community about how they have been affected.

Author Ricky Riccardi says Armstrong's innovations as a trumpeter and vocalist helped set the entire soundtrack of the 20th century. His new book about Armstrong's early life is Stomp Off, Let's Go.

The Grammy Award-winning artist and educator had shared an ALS diagnosis in 2022. She was best known for ballads such as "Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face."

Maui's economy took a huge hit from a drop-off in tourism after the fires. West Maui opened up to tourists in October, to mixed reaction in the community. What frictions and challenges still remain?

The president-elect has promised to fire the ATF Director Steve Dettelbach. Dettelbach, in an interview with NPR, defends his record and the agency's work in combating violent crime.