Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., launched the process for holding a vote to remove Kevin McCarthy as House speaker but the road ahead is still unclear.

It was a subtle gesture: As actress Selma Blair delivered remarks to an audience at the White House, Scout, her service dog, laid down next to her and then gently flopped over on Biden's shoe.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with now-retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Mark Milley about the U.S. military's departure from Afghanistan.

Hurricane Idalia brought some Flamingos from Mexico to the eastern United States. Now some hope the birds will stay and breed there.

Hattie McDaniel's Oscar went missing from Howard University decades ago. Howard celebrated McDaniel's legacy Sunday as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences replaced the missing plaque.

Former President Donald Trump sat in a New York courtroom on the first day of his $250 million fraud trial. AG Letitia James claims he and his executive team engaged in fraudulent business practices.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Red Sox reporter Ian Browne about the life of Major League Baseball player Tim Wakefield, who was known for throwing a knuckleball.

As bipartisan support in the U.S. wanes, Ukraine hosts foreign ministers from the European Union, which continues to view Russia's war on Ukraine as an existential threat.

Tarantulas are looking for love in southeastern Colorado. The city of La Junta capitalizes on the spiders' annual season of romance by hosting a tarantula festival.

NPR's David Gura speaks with Zeke Faux of Bloomberg News about the upcoming trial of Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of FTX.