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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Adriano Espaillat of New York about the latest news on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that were planned for the weekend.

Ten years of U.S. job growth has been almost wiped out in 4 weeks. Another 5.24 million people filed for unemployment last week. It brings the total from the past four weeks to 22.03 million.

The first Earth Day was 50 years ago today, April 22, 1970. Marking the anniversary and celebrating the planet present unique challenges for people around…

The U.S. economy continued to grow in 2019 despite the trade war with China. Unemployment remains at historic lows, wages are up and the stock market soared. Trade agreements reached at year's end brightened forecasts for 2020.

Arizona's state poet laureate Alberto Ríos grew up on the Arizona-Mexico border. In his poem "The Border: A Double Sonnet," Rios describes what the border signifies to people living there.

Construction on the first new stretch of border wall under the Trump administration is slated to begin this winter. In South Texas, the wall will cut right through a butterfly sanctuary.

Demonstrations block roads around Hong Kong's legislature as lawmakers prepared to debate a bill that would allow people accused of a crime in Hong Kong to be sent to mainland China for trial.

The latest reaction from congress to AG Bill Barr's letter summarizing the Mueller report.

The town of Malden lost its fire station, post office, City Hall, library and most of its homes, according to the Whitman County Sheriff's Office. Police went door to door telling residents to flee.

Oracle says it's ready to be a "trusted technology provider" for the hit video-sharing app. A bid for TikTok's U.S. operations by tech giant Microsoft has been rejected.