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The White House wants tougher rules for commercial licenses after several high-profile crashes involving foreign-born drivers. But critics say that would do little to make the nation's roads safer.

U.S.-Israel strikes continue as Iran effectively closes Strait of Hormuz, Trump ran on lower gas prices, but the Iran war challenges that, probe points to U.S. being at fault for Iran school strike.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Rep. Kevin Kiley of California about changing his political party affiliation from Republican to independent.

The Department of Justice has quietly restarted a decades-dormant program to restore gun rights to felons. One name on the list is raising questions about transparency.

President Trump made lowering gas prices the centerpiece of his affordability agenda. He now faces the political perils of the war with Iran, as Middle East energy infrastructure is disrupted.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with energy analyst John Kilduff about the global release of more than 400 million barrels of oil, and its impact on global energy markets and U.S. gas prices.

While cities in blue states like Minnesota and California resist ICE enforcement, some Democrat-led cities in red states, like Austin, Texas, are in a heated debate over how to respond.

A Zambian scientist is on a quest to prevent brain drain from Africa so he's established a state-of-the-art drug discovery lab in South Africa.

The latest on the Iran war and the growing oil crisis across the Middle East from Dubai, Iraq, Lebanon and Israel.

Friendship Bench DC, an adaptation of Friendship Bench Zimbabwe, trains older volunteers to sit and listen to people who need someone to talk to for free.