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The VA secretary says the department will trim at least 25,000 vacant positions from the rolls. That's after about that same number have already left the VA this year.

President Trump won re-election in 2024 on a promise to upend Washington. He pitched a presidency where he alone could solve America's problems. Where does the current reality of these promises stand?

Employees in the government agency that deals with unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border say an order has been given not to release those children to their relatives here in the U.S.

In a Department of Homeland Security video, Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown. Law and ethics experts say it violates the Hatch Act, but there are rarely serious consequences.

Alexandra is among the people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."

Acadia National Park and Bar Harbor fared through a peak weekend for tourism with the park open, but many facilities inside it unstaffed.

A group of volunteers in West Virginia makes sure preschoolers in areas with no libraries or bookstores get books to read.

NPR Pentagon correspondent Tom Bowman is turning in his press pass, but won't stop reporting. Major news organizations are rejecting a restrictive new policy around covering the Department of Defense.

For 100 years, Hollywood has relied on Central Casting. It's the real company behind movie extras — and where stars like Gary Cooper, Hattie McDaniel, and Brad Pitt got their start.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben about their new thriller, Gone Before Goodbye.