A sampling of the stories NPR staff believe made some of the deepest ripples this year — reminders of what rigorous, compassionate journalism can do, and why the work remains as urgent as ever.

Congress is wrapping up the year without a lot of legislative accomplishments under its belt and a growing list of lawmakers ...

All leaders—from new managers to seasoned executives—must delegate tasks to free up time and attention for the big-picture work their more-senior roles demand. This is an axiom; indeed, delegation is ...

USB-C is everywhere in 2025. If you've felt like every new device you buy, from smartphones to laptops and tablets, uses a USB-C port for charging, you're not imagining things. USB-C has quickly ...

Ed O'Keefe is CBS News' senior White House and political correspondent reporting for all CBS News platforms. He's part of the team covering President Trump and covered all four years of Joe Biden's ...

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act created a new Workforce Pell program, which opens up Pell Grant eligibility to short-term job training programs that have traditionally been excluded from federal higher ...

Airline boarding passes can be a mystery of acronyms, but one code could mean the difference between getting on a flight or being left behind. That unlucky code is "GTE," "gate," or "see agent," which ...

I don’t take victory laps, and I’m not interested in “I told you so.” But I, or “Frank,” stuck my neck out last week on the radio, saying plainly that Kentucky cannot move forward with Mark Stoops, ...

The military has been doing everything to study the Upside Down, and at the same time, Eleven and the gang want to kill Vecna once and for all. And after a lot of waiting, Vecna does come out of the ...

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan man suspected of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, was in the U.S. after entering the country in 2021 under a program called ...

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA - NOVEMBER 01: Aryna Sabalenka poses for a photo with her trophy during the WTA World Number One ceremony on day one of the WTA Finals Riyadh as part of the Hologic WTA Tour 2025 ...

The troops are deployed in the capital as part of the president’s crackdown on crime. By Helene Cooper More than 2,000 National Guard troops deployed to Washington in August after President Trump took ...