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Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad

U.S. states that executed prisoners in 2025, Florida led the way with 19 executions. **Curt Anderson/AP** Curt Anderson/AP The number

Two startlingly different views on long-awaited data on America's anti-HIV efforts

U.S. puts about [$5 billion](https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/breaking-down-the-u-s-global-health-budget-by-program-area/#d31f4290-49ea-4453-9814-efd920e41cfc) a year toward this work. When the Trump administration [froze foreign aid](https://www.npr.org/2025/01/29/nx-s1-5278404/trumps-freezing-of-foreign-aid-halts-distribution-of-aids-meds-to-clinics-worldwide), did that hobble PEPFAR — the [President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief

Logjam of U.S. immigration applications puts millions at greater risk of deportation

U.S. under Trump](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/23/g-s1-103001/trump-immigration-deportation-migration-legal-status) Cortes Romero said one of his clients was denied an interview for his green card in January due to a paperwork delay — after having already waited a year

The Iran war created a global natural gas shortage — a windfall for U.S. companies

2025 in Cameron, Louisiana.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5188x3453+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F5e%2F5d%2F418f55784f0ab4eef9fd55381c9e%2Fgettyimages-2198786563.jpg) Cheniere Energy one of a number of U.S. LNG companies working to expand operations. The U.S. LNG supply is forecast to grow by about 84% over the next

After NPR investigation, new bill aims to stop 'claim sharks' targeting disabled vets

U.S. Capitol building, the Veterans Affairs' seal — which features an eagle holding an American flag and the Betsy Ross flag with 13 stars, there is also a ring of 5 yellow stars above its head

The Labor Department wants to teach you to use AI more. Here's what we found

U.S. Sen Ted Cruz, R-Tex. speaks during a signing ceremony for an executive order on AI at the White House on Dec. 11, 2025.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3455x3453+561+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0f%2F1a%2F1a2344684ea999943416267c33f1%2Fgettyimages-2250705931.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/11/nx-s1-5638562/trump-ai-david-sacks-executive-order) ### [Technology](https://www.npr.org/sections/technology/) ### [Trump is trying

One clinic tracks the heavy toll Trump's immigration crackdown takes on mental health

executive director of behavioral health at [Zocalo Health](https://www.zocalo.health/), a primary care clinic in Los Angeles that mainly serves Latino families on Medicaid. "Immigration enforcement is functioning as a real time public health

Pope Leo reiterates opposition to death penalty on same day U.S. approves firing squads

U.S. bishops filed an amicus [brief](https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/25/25-365/399395/20260226144523582_25-365%20bsac%20United%20States%20Conference%20of%20Catholic%20Bishops.pdf) outlining its opposition. ### **A new execution toolkit for the federal government** Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department is also reauthorizing lethal injection using

Transportation Secretary Duffy filmed a reality show, funded by firms he regulates

executive director of The Great American Road Trip Inc., told NPR on Monday that "the timing and cadence has not yet been finalized." ![Transportation Secretary poses with his wife and some of their children after

Trump's proposed 'Golden Dome' estimated to cost $1.2 trillion

2025, announcing plans for the "Golden Dome," a national ballistic and cruise missile defense system.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5288x5288+1286+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa3%2Fe1%2Fe1332e5a45a2aad7171afff0a287%2Fgettyimages-2216140266.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2025/05/20/nx-s1-5405038/trump-golden-dome-missile-defense) ### [National Security](https://www.npr.org/sections/national-security/) ### [Trump unveils ambitious and expensive plans for 'Golden Dome' missile defense

The many ways Trump wants to change D.C., from buildings to statues to parks

number of construction and renovation projects across the nation's capital. "I have two jobs," Trump [said in late 2025](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/29/nx-s1-5645066/president-trump-says-being-a-builder-is-his-second-job), the presidency being just one of them. "I have a construction

Trump's Truth Social lays bare narrow obsessions of an extremely online president

U.S. citizens. He posted more than six times as often (105) about his various legal grievances than he did about healthcare policy (17). Also notable are the topics that get little attention. While tariffs

Justice Department to allow firing squads for executions in move to ramp up capital punishment

2025. **Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP** Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases

Border czar promises 'mass deportations are coming' to fulfill Trump's promises

execute [mass deportations](https://www.npr.org/2025/12/25/nx-s1-5645006/how-trumps-mass-deportation-efforts-have-affected-families-this-year) as a key strategy on immigration. Speaking at the Border Security Expo in Phoenix, Ariz., White House border czar Tom Homan praised the work of Border Patrol agents

Top five takeaways from Homeland Security budget hearings

number of deaths under ICE custody. Lyons noted that the FBI was not investigating the death of a man at the [Camp East Montana detention center](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/03/nx-s1-5754749/ice-detention-deaths-are-on-a-record-pace-one-texas-facility-bears-the-brunt) in Texas, which a coroner determined

Appeals court rules that Trump's asylum ban at the border is illegal

2025, when he declared that the situation at the southern border constituted an invasion of America and that he was "suspending the physical entry" of migrants and their ability to seek asylum until he decides

These fans are boycotting the World Cup. Will they make it a bust?

2025.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3403x3403+849+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa2%2Fb2%2Fe79c34774d11a28b917050afb0ea%2Fgettyimages-2250186867-1.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5770564/fifa-world-cup-ticket-prices) ### [2026 World Cup: North America](https://www.npr.org/series/g-s1-98388/2026-world-cup-north-america) ### [FIFA hikes World Cup prices, again. A finals ticket can now cost as much as $11,000](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/01/nx-s1-5770564/fifa-world-cup-ticket-prices) "We always talked

Primary elections in Ohio, Indiana offer latest temperature check on Trump popularity

U.S. Senate in Ohio, with Democrats seeing a potential path to regain control of that chamber running through the state. Here are four things to watch in Tuesday's contest. ### **Trump's retribution

How the Trump administration has undermined the fight against public corruption

executive order relating to clemency for anti-abortion protesters in the Oval Office in January.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4429x4429+1108+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd4%2Fb9%2Ffdaecef049b2a1592a81f0f621c4%2Fap25220680920593.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/nx-s1-5587875/trump-pardons-insider-political-orbit-second-term) ### [Politics](https://www.npr.org/sections/politics/) ### [Who has President Trump pardoned and why?](https://www.npr.org/2025/11/10/nx-s1-5587875/trump-pardons-insider-political-orbit-second-term) "There

'Atlanta Journal-Constitution' CEO steps down as bold goals yield to tough realities

number of digital subscribers from 53,000 to a half-million by the end of 2026. He laid out a new strategy, with new content and an infusion of new energy. The paper abandoned print