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The House speaker has been working privately for months on legislation aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs, a rare shared priority with President Trump.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Sean Miyashiro, founder of 88rising, a media company that focuses on promoting the work of Asian artists and musicians.

Lawmakers and President Obama are expected to return to Washington Thursday to resume efforts at averting the fiscal cliff. Lawmakers failed to reach a deal late last week and went home for the holiday break. Guest host Celeste Headlee talks with Bloomberg Businessweek contributor Roben Farzad for a look at the last-minute options.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tells NPR's Steve Inskeep why he opposes the GOP tax plan, which would end the deduction for state and local taxes. Cuomo says the plan is "a targeted assault" on New York.

Noel King talks to John Murphy, senior vice president at the chamber, about why retaliatory measures imposed in response to U.S. tariffs would raise prices, cost jobs and threaten the U.S. economy.

Northwest farmers produce a quarter of the country's alfalfa seeds, but they get help from millions of alkali bees, thanks to one of the most unique agricultural partnerships in the country.

President Trump's response to the Charlottesville rally drew sharp criticism from his own party, but the backlash from Republican leaders was short-lived.

Rachel Martin talks to Lisa Banks, an attorney for Christine Blasey Ford, about why she identified herself as the woman accusing Brett Kavanaugh of attempted sexual assault when they were teenagers.

NPR Music's Sidney Madden and Marissa Lorusso explore the diversity and staying power found in the songs on NPR Music's list of the 200 Greatest Songs By 21st Century Women+.

The Trump administration responded to explosive new allegations of chaos in the White House on Tuesday. The allegations come in a new book by Washington Postjournalist Bob Woodward.

Hardy, nutritious and gluten-free, millet has become an "it" grain in recent years. Research reveals our ancestors relied on it: Millet was central to the rise of agriculture and farming communities.

From Northern California to Alaska, commercial and amateur foragers are now scouring the hills in search of black morels — prized mushrooms which grow in land ravaged by forest fires.

NIH Director Francis Collins has stopped research at two leading labs for now. But an independent board of experts wants even more oversight to ensure that patient safety is the top priority.

Since the Sept. 11 attacks, the drone has become America's go-to weapon when it comes to tracking and killing extremists. But drones have raised many legal, moral and ethical issues.

In the 1980s, the FBI and NSA dug a tunnel for espionage purposes beneath the Soviet Embassy in Washington. The spy rivalry continues, but how has the game changed since the fall of the Soviet Union?

Mat Johnson grew up poor, but managed to land in the middle class as an adult. Still, he says, opportunities for advancement are few and far between, and it's all too easy to slide back economically.

We asked the students in Marlem Diaz-Brown's class in Miami to tell the story of their "amazing" teacher.

Havana apartments with a Caribbean view run in the hundreds of thousands. Some houses are being sold for as much as $1 million. The real estate rush is on.

Eighteen-year-old Summer Elnowno has been waiting to vote for a long time. When her birthday arrived in May, she recalled, “Finally, I had the chance to…

A group of top chefs, food scientists and tech geeks have set up a lab in Belgium to master 3-D food printing. Their goal: to create nutritionally enhanced foods that appeal to the pickiest palates.