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President Trump attends a bilateral meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images As President Trump seeks to wind down the war in Iran, the United States is facing not only

Spirit Airlines jets on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport in Florida on May 2, 2026. Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images Most of Spirit Airlines' fleet is grounded. But a few of its bright yellow planes were in the air this week — including Nomadic

Sir David Attenborough at the Beijing Museum of Natural History with fossil of Juramaia, as featured in the Smithsonian Channel series Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates. Courtesy Smithsonian Channel hide caption toggle caption Courtesy Smithsonian Channel Sir David Attenborough at the Beijing Museum of Natural History with fossil of Juramaia, as featured in

The United States and Iran have exchanged fire in the Strait of Hormuz, prompting fears that the already fragile ceasefire between the warring nations could collapse. The flare-up in fighting on Thursday came as Washington awaits a response from Tehran to its latest proposals for an agreement to end the war, which began with joint

An oil drilling rig in the Permian Basin on March 13, 2022, in Midland, Texas. Joe Raedle/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Joe Raedle/Getty Images Stay up to date with our Up First newsletter sent every weekday morning. On a call with investors last week, Chevron CEO Mike Wirth summed up his plans for oil

A Devils Hole pupfish is pictured at the Ash Meadows Fish Conservation Facility in Nevada. Scientists recently took captive-bred pupfish from this facility and introduced them into the species' natural habitat in Death Valley National Park. Olin Feuerbacher/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service hide caption toggle caption Olin Feuerbacher/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service The Devils Hole

At a MAHA Institute event on Monday, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced plans to help people wean off antidepressants. Kennedy is pictured here arriving at another Make America Healthy Again event in November 2025. Rod Lamkey/AP hide caption toggle caption Rod Lamkey/AP As the federal health department launches a plan to wean patients

Colby McCaskill (right) is the grand prize winner of the NPR College Podcast Challenge. His entry features his grandparents Kathy and Dick McCaskill (left) and discusses her dementia, something Colby had been scared to confront. Matthew Coughlin for NPR hide caption toggle caption Matthew Coughlin for NPR PENSACOLA, Fla. — At the kitchen table at

White House border czar Tom Homan speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images PHOENIX – Top Trump administration officials this week reinforced their plans to execute mass deportations as a key strategy on

The cost of mining in Indonesia Reporting by Katerina Barton Photography by Claire Harbage Graphics by Connie Hanzhang Jin Published May 7, 2026 Autoplay video? Over the past decade, Indonesia has rapidly grown its nickel industry and now produces more than half the world’s nickel supply. The majority of Indonesia’s nickel is currently used for stainless steel production, with