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Scott Kwiatkowski takes part in a demonstration on May 23 at the Utah state Capitol in Salt Lake City to oppose construction of a data center in the state. Support and opposition to artificial intelligence are drawing tens of millions of dollars of spending during the midterm election cycle.

AI and tech are trying to influence the midterm elections

The massive spending and heated rhetoric in midterm races reflect the AI industry's political fault lines and competing visions of what the future should look like.

Rep. Jim Himes, D-Conn., speaks during a House Intelligence Committee hearing in Washington on March 19.

Rep. Himes says reported intelligence agency cuts spark 'bipartisan outrage'

NPR's Michel Martin asks Democratic Rep. Jim Himes of Connecticut about President Trump's appointment of Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence.

A worker spreads fertilizer after planting potatoes at Bluff View Farms on April 24 in West Jefferson, North Carolina. High fertilizer prices due to the war in Iran have hit farms already dealing with severe weather, tariffs and the high costs of fuel and labor.

How a fertilizer shortage caused by the Iran war could affect U.S. food prices

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz disrupted shipments of fertilizer and natural gas, a key component in fertilizer manufacturing. It's unlikely to cause major price hikes for U.S. grocery shoppers.

Tommy Conwell (04/24/2026)

Tommy Conwell (without The Young Rumblers) stopped by on his way to their big reunion show at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. We chatted about his brush with the top of the charts, his time as a radio host in Philadelphia and what it's like to reunite with your band of brothers and do it all again.

Cambodia cracked down on scams costing Americans billions. It created a new crisis

Cambodia's crackdown on scam centers has created a secondary crisis: thousands of stranded foreign workers are now roaming the streets of Phnom Penh.

As Michael Jackson: The Verdict, a docuseries on the late artist's 2005 abuse trial, arrives on Netflix this week, his music continues to climb the charts following renewed interest from his biopic.

Michael Jackson's shadow of doubt

A sanded-down biopic about the King of pop and propaganda has resurfaced his music on the charts — along with questions about how his enduring magic became make-believe

A customer shops for produce in an H-E-B grocery store on May 11 in Austin, Texas.

This is how close American households are to the financial edge

A new report shows that nearly half of U.S. households did not earn enough to cover their necessities in 2024.

An oil drilling rig in the Permian Basin on March 13, 2022, in Midland, Texas.

Gas prices keep rising, but do big oil companies plan to drill more? Not so far

The war in Iran has pushed global oil prices higher, which boosts oil company revenues. But major U.S. oil companies aren't signaling plans to increase production to bring down prices at the pump.

The recommended flu vaccine by the FDA advisory committee uses the same mRNA technology that helped develop the COVID-19 vaccine.

Key FDA committee unanimously recommends its first vaccine since 2023

All nine members of the committee unanimously voted to recommend Moderna's new mRNA influenza vaccine for adults 50 and over.

An attendee wears party colors at a primary election night party for Georgia gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson on Tuesday in Atlanta.

4 takeaways from Tuesday's primary night in half a dozen states

While Trump continues to rack up victories on his vengeance tour, general election opponents are waiting in swing districts and swing states. Can front-line GOP candidates navigate these choppy waters?

Flower petals are thrown on the coffins of Iran's slain Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and his family members along a street during their funeral procession in Tehran on Monday.

Huge crowds of mourners join a funeral procession for Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Iran holds a funeral procession for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei more than four months after he was killed in U.S.-Israeli strikes.

For any problem in an incarcerated person's life — from not getting enough toilet paper to extreme physical abuse — the grievance system is the primary way to speak out. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.

'Rejected': How federal prisons stonewall grievances and deny care for years

People who go to prison keep one important right — to file a grievance over their treatment: from abuse to denied medical care. But in the vast majority of cases, those efforts go nowhere, according to an analysis of federal data by The Marshall Project and NPR.

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