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It's an unusual winter for respiratory illnesses. The flu is peaking twice: once in early January and again in February. Meanwhile, it's the mildest COVID winter since the pandemic began.

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That's the way one scientist puts it — referring to how infected wild birds survive long enough to spread it to birds and mammals around the world. And that's a serious risk for human health.

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Several large U.S. companies deleted some or all DEI references from their most recent annual reports to investors, an NPR analysis finds. And, unusual trends are driving winter respiratory viruses.

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The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, partisan differences were on full display.

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President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing on "gender ideology." But the term is loaded, without a universal definition.

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The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land from the grasp of others.

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An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.

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It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated mental illness or substance abuse. A new law will help them get Medicaid.

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Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while paying too little for the cost of American military protection.

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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.

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This week calls for some throwback thinking. If you can recall how Roman numerals work, you'll get at least one question correct.

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor disclosures, an NPR analysis finds.

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There is one economic riddle ahead of Super Bowl Sunday: The egg market has been hit hard by avian flu, but wings are abundant and relatively affordable this year. So what gives?

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The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general called for them to lay down their guns and agree to mediation.

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Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn't have the death penalty.

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The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports.

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In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.

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Two letters from different groups of senators call for answers from the Trump administration about pauses in scientific communications and funding.

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Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of Treasury.

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An email seen by NPR says the move is to comply with a presidential order to "restore biological truth" to the government.

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