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Numerous levees have already failed to hold back floodwaters in parts of the Midwest this week. The federal government says many more are likely to be topped. Engineering experts agree the nation's levee system needs a second look. Adriene Hill of Chicago Public Radio reports.

President Bush defends his administration's policies toward Iran even as a new intelligence report shows Iran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago. Still, the president says, Iran remains a danger. He spoke at a White House news conference.

The Army's Crusader artillery system may be losing its last battle with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld unrelenting in his new determination to cancel the program. Tom Cjelten reports.

The news late last week, first reported by the New York Times, that Triple Crown winner Justify tested positive for a banned substance prior to the 2018…

A small group of reporters, including NPR's White House correspondent, traveled with the president to Afghanistan. Plans for the trip were keep secret and all phones were confiscated.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Delece Smith-Barrow, senior editor for The Hechinger Report, about a lawsuit in Maryland challenging funding disparities in higher education.

The nation's largest Protestant denomination is reporting its twelfth year of declining memberships.On Thursday, the Southern Baptist Convention reported…

NPR's Noel King talks to Leila Molana-Allen, a reporter for TV network France 24, about the recovery effort following last month's deadly massive explosion in the Lebanese capital Beirut.

NPR's politics and economics reporter answers listener questions about what small businesses should be ready for as states slowly reopen their economies.

NPR's reporter who covers election interference and voting infrastructure answers listener questions about voting, voter registration and the upcoming elections in the midst of the pandemic.