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Nearly 680,000 North Carolinians have gained health coverage since Medicaid expansion began in 2023. But the Republican tax and spending bill could unravel that progress and put rural hospitals at risk.

Firefighters are working to contain a blaze currently tearing through California's beloved wine country. The Pickett Fire first sparked Thursday afternoon and continued to rage Saturday.

The Senate voted Monday to confirm Stephen Miran to the Federal Reserve Board. Miran, who has served in both Trump administrations, has said he will not resign from the White House but take a leave of absence, further stoking concerns about its independence.

Experts answer a round of finance questions from NPR's audience, including how to financially support a friend with Stage 4 cancer and how to stop paying for your parents.

Consumer Reports expressed concern about high levels of lead in some two dozen protein powders, but only with repeated high exposure. Here's what to know before you make your next grocery run.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he will heed protesters angry about his new anti-corruption policy.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.

China ponders what comes next in its relations with the United States after a week of escalating tariffs.

Pat Goodwin and Al Menne, of the band Great Grandpa, discuss their latest album, "Patience, Moonbeam."

Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."