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A new book raises the specter that corporate offshoring of manufacturing may have undermined America’s lead in technological innovation and even its national security. (Image credit: Paul Souders)

On Tuesday, Virginia hold its primary election. The contest is a barometer for how Virginians, and maybe the country, feel about the Trump administration ahead of the 2026 midterms. (Image credit: Win McNamee via Getty Images/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

On Tuesday, Virginia hold its primary election. The contest is a barometer for how Virginians, and maybe the country, feel about the Trump administration ahead of the 2026 midterms.

The nonprofit group Partnership for Public Service has named David Lebryk, former fiscal assistant secretary at the Treasury Department, as federal employee of the year.

Americans across the political spectrum like Medicaid and think it should get more funding, not less, according to a new poll from health research organization KFF. (Image credit: Jemal Countess)

Members of Congress from both parties are calling for security updates following the weekend attack in Minnesota where a gunman killed one state lawmaker and her husband and left another state lawmaker and his wife wounded. (Image credit: Anna Moneymaker)

Trump will leave Canada Monday night after having dinner with the G7 leaders, his press secretary Karoline Leavitt, said. He had originally been slated to leave Canada on Tuesday evening. (Image credit: Chip Somodevilla)

Around this time every year, the U.S. Supreme Court ends its term with a bang. The Justices typically save their biggest rulings for June. Outstanding cases include the president’s birthright citizenship executive order, a Tennessee law blocking gender-affirming care and a Texas law requiring age verification for porn sites. NPR…

Christopher Hanson was appointed to serve on the commission overseeing the nation’s nuclear reactors by President Biden in 2020. (Image credit: Mike Stewart)

A top House Democrat is asking Microsoft for information about a DOGE staffer’s GitHub account connected to whistleblower allegations of sensitive data leaving the National Labor Relations Board. (Image credit: Charlotte Gomez for NPR)

The FCC has delayed implementing its multilingual emergency alerts system — making non-English speakers vulnerable during climate disasters. (Image credit: Chris Delmas)

Even though the billionaire is no longer leading the Department of Government Efficiency effort, many key staffers — and DOGE ideas — are now more permanently embedded in the federal government. (Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)

The Trump administration’s immigration enforcement mostly left farms and meat packing plants alone, until coordinated raids last week. Now, President Trump is signaling continued support for farmers. (Image credit: John Moore)

A 33-mile trip from one protest in Annapolis, Md., to the parade grandstand in front of the White House was like a journey between two different countries. (Image credit: Andrew Leyden)

Since the start of his second term, President Trump has been at odds with the federal courts. The protests in Los Angeles are just the latest series of events to raise huge questions about presidential power: in this case, whether the president can use military force to control protests. NPR’s…

Saturday’s military parade in Washington D.C. and the national “No Kings” protests created a split-screen moment for a divided nation.

President Trump’s mass deportation efforts will skip farms, hotels, and restaurants for the time being.

A former Minnesota House speaker and her husband were killed and a state senator and his wife were wounded in targeted shootings early Saturday at their homes near Minneapolis, officials said. (Image credit: Abbie Parr)

We look at the political fallout from the conflict between Israel and Iran, and discuss what’s next in the lawsuit over President Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles.

We look at the political fallout from the conflict between Israel and Iran, and discuss what’s next in the lawsuit over President Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles.