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COVID-19 infections are leading to staffing shortages at police and fire departments in many cities, including San Diego, where Fire Chief Colin Stowell says it's led to some temporary shutdowns.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Brian Deese, director of the National Economic Council, about efforts to bolster the U.S. supply chain. Four key sectors were reviewed including semiconductors.

Vice President Harris was in Guatemala on Monday. Next she meets with Mexico's president — on the second leg of her trip to try to address the root cause of Central American migration to the U.S.

Ahead of the NATO summit, Biden met on Monday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Stoltenberg bout the alliance's future and its biggest challenges.

In the face of rising COVID-19 cases, Dr. Bob Wachter of the University of California, San Francisco, offers reasons to be hopeful about the pandemic's outlook in the months ahead.

The same dangerous conditions that contributed to a deadly 2013 explosion in Texas are still permitted today, nearly a decade later.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Rhodes, former advisor to President Obama, about his new book which explores the decline of democracy abroad — and warns that it could happen here, too.

Distrust between the parties is high a year after the violent insurrection. And it has affected how the institution operates.

Software engineer Jack Wardle created the game Wordle as a little side project for him and his partner to enjoy. Over the last few months it's gotten hugely popular.

Starting this Sunday, worshippers in Episcopalian churches throughout Michigan’s Lower Peninsula will have to wear masks. The only exception is for preachers while they are delivering sermons.