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Twenty-one states are suing after the USDA demanded states turn over sensitive data on food assistance applicants. The lawsuit calls the demand an "Orwellian surveillance campaign."

As the Senate prepares to vote on a bill to rescind $40 billion in promised foreign aid, critics of the measure say a thorough governmental review of targeted programs did not actually take place.

President Trump plans to levy a 50% tariff on all goods from Brazil — the source of about 30% of U.S. coffee imports. This looming tariff threat has sent shock waves through the U.S. coffee industry.

In Maryland, more juveniles are tried as adults than in almost any other state. State Sen. William Smith is on a mission to change that.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Tracy Slater, author of "Together in Manzanar," which tells the true story of a family of mixed heritage sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II.

It costs nearly $100 million a year to maintain global stockpiles of vaccines for Ebola, cholera, meningitis and yellow fever in case of emergency. A new study estimates how many lives they've saved.

The 2016 legal battle raised questions about the line between freedom of expression and privacy, and what is actually newsworthy. Questions that needed to be reexamined in light of the invention of the internet, according to law experts.

A U.N.-backed food security group says famine is unfolding in Gaza, with thousands of children malnourished and hunger-related deaths rising.

Jane Austen fans are celebrating 250 years since the writer's birth with a series of celebrations – including Georgian costume balls, where attendees try out period dancing.

Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She's also the first director without a medical degree in more than 70 years.