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President Trump will give his State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress at 9 p.m. ET Feb. 24.

February 25, 2026 • After NPR reporting revealed dozens of pages of Epstein files related to President Trump appear to be missing from the public record, a top House Democrat wants to know why.

Fadumo Mukhtar Adan administers an oral dose of vaccine to a child, held by his grandmother, Zainab Ali. This is part of the Reach Zero Dose Children (ZDC) campaign in Somalia, aimed at identifying ...

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In recent weeks, President Donald Trump has made a series of claims about the economy, a topic that should feature prominently in his State of the Union address to Congress on Feb. 24. President ...

Freedom of speech is a bellwether: how any society tolerates those with minority, disfavored, or even obnoxious views will often speak to its performance on human rights more generally. In ...

The US Program leads with the principle of racial justice and equity as a fundamental human right providing the foundational, over-arching, and unifying theme for all our work. Our strategic ...

AP medical writer Laura Ungar and video journalist Shelby Lum shone a light on people who are often overshadowed in national conversations about autism: those who require around-the-clock care. Access ...

AI adoption and use are still evolving, and the technology itself is changing rapidly. What we know about AI and its impact on productivity growth and the economy remains uncertain. Transformations ...