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A California's SNAP benefits shopper pushes a cart through a supermarket in Bellflower, Calif., Feb. 13, 2023. Allison Dinner/AP hide caption toggle caption Allison Dinner/AP Nutrition policy expert Marion Nestle says that when she wrote her first book, Food Politics, in 2002, people often asked her what food had to do with politics. "Nobody asks

A tray of mail-in ballots is seen at King County elections headquarters on Nov. 5, 2024, in Renton, Wash. Lindsey Wasson/AP hide caption toggle caption Lindsey Wasson/AP The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday it will hear a case that could decide whether states can count postmarked mail ballots that arrive after Election Day — something

Seth Berkley, former CEO of GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, has written a new book — Fair Doses — that tells the inside story of the effort to expand access to vaccines, especially to low- and middle-income countries. Berkley also outlines a vision for how the globe might do better next time. Ben de la Cruz/NPR

Russell Crowe plays Hermann Goering, Hitler's second-in-command, in the latest on-screen portrayal of the Nuremberg trials. Nuremberg is in theaters now. Scott Garfield/Sony Pictures Classics hide caption toggle caption Scott Garfield/Sony Pictures Classics Russell Crowe and Rami Malek face off in an historical battle of wits and Weltanschauung in James Vanderbilt's new film Nuremberg. The

House Votes on Funding Bill, Shutdown Deal Dissent, COP30 Global Emissions Good morning. You're reading the Up First newsletter.  Subscribe  here to get it delivered to your inbox, and  listen  to the Up First podcast for all the news you need to start your day. Today's top story The U.S. Senate voted 60 to 40

One of the most notable absences at this week’s United Nations Climate Change Conference reflects the leadership of one of the largest greenhouse gas emitters in the world: the United States. The administration of President Donald Trump has declined to send any top-level officials to Belem, Brazil, for this year’s edition of the annual event

Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., speaks to reporters while walking to his office on November 10, 2025 on Capitol Hill. Tom Brenner/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Tom Brenner/Getty Images North America On the 41st day of a record-long government shutdown, the U.S. Senate voted 60 to 40 to approve a continuing

An officer prays with a family as they pick up items at Camp Mystic in Hunt, Texas, on July 9. Ashley Landis/AP hide caption toggle caption Ashley Landis/AP The operators of Camp Mystic in Texas, where 25 girls and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic flooding on July 4, failed to take necessary steps to

Medications are stored on shelves at a pharmacy on May 12, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Eric Thayer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Eric Thayer/Getty Images Health care is at the heart of the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. That shutdown is on the brink of ending, but the health care issue that

A man walks past a billboard with portraits of G20 leaders at the entrance for the Nov. 22nd G20 Leaders's Summit . The meeting of the Group of twenty heads of state will convene in Johannesburg, but the U.S. will not be attending. Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Europe hide caption toggle caption Per-Anders Pettersson/Getty Images Europe