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A Pakistani Ranger walks past a billboard for the U.S.-Iran peace talks in Islamabad on April 12, 2026. The talks, led by Vice President JD Vance, produced no concrete movement toward a peace deal.

What's it like to negotiate with Iran? We asked people who have done it

Experts who spent months negotiating a 2015 nuclear agreement with Iran say mutual mistrust, starkly different negotiating styles, and the complexity of the issues make a quick deal unlikely.

The U.S. Supreme Court's term, which begins Monday, will mostly focus on the president's powers.

Supreme Court term will tackle executive power, executive power and executive power

The Supreme Court term promises to be hugely consequential and focused in large part on how much power the Constitution gives to the president.

The diary of a woman in Tehran documents life since the war started

An Iranian woman shares her diary with NPR as she lives through this month of war.

The U.S. Surgeon General identified an epidemic of loneliness in an advisory last year. Connections across generations can help both parties.

These matchmakers connect teens and elders. The friendships benefit both sides

Groups that connect elders and teens — both in real life and online — have a new sense of urgency in the loneliness epidemic.

Thousands of veterans who had their disability appeals abruptly closed due to computer errors may see back pay ... eventually

A preliminary settlement in the class-action lawsuit Freund v. Collins has cleared the way for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to audit and potentially restore benefits for a massive group of former service members.

American Public Health Association CEO on Trump's latest nominee for surgeon general

The president's new pick for surgeon general has been both supportive and critical of MAHA health policy. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Dr. Georges Benjamin, CEO of the American Public Health Association.

Actor Daniel Radcliffe appears onstage to discuss the Broadway play "Every Brilliant Thing" at The 92nd Street Y, Thursday, April 9, 2026, in New York. (Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

'Every Brilliant Thing' brings joy, tears, humor and a brilliant Daniel Radcliffe to Broadway

Radcliffe received a Tony nomination for Best Actor in a Play on Tuesday for his portrayal of the protagonist.

For VA Whistleblowers, A Culture Of Fear And Retaliation

VA employees in one Southeast district say a toxic culture of retaliation has undermined veterans' care and worker morale. There is growing skepticism among whistleblowers the VA can police itself.

The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means across the country

The federal government shutdown continues. Republicans and Democrats appear no closer to an agreement to end it. Many federal workers are missing full paychecks and don't know when they will resume.

Advocates Mike Partain and Jerry Ensminger, whose tireless research and congressional testimony turned personal tragedies into the legislative momentum behind the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022.

Prominent advocates for Camp Lejeune water contamination victims contest DoJ claim that process is speeding forward

Last week, the Department of Justice Civil Division announced that nearly 650 Elective Option – or settlement - offers have been approved in the past three weeks, and there have been just over 2,500 approved settlement offers since 2023. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward said he’s proud of the work done to speed up the approval process in the past year. However, advocates Mike Partain and Jerry Ensminger, whose tireless research and congressional testimony turned personal tragedies into the legislative momentum behind the Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022, said it would take about 429 years before the Navy gets through all the claims at the current pace.

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