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The World Bank looked at economic data from around the globe to see where the gap between the rich and the poor is the greatest.

While the president has dismissed several national security advisers, Pompeo's role keeps growing. His secret trip to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is just the latest and most dramatic example.

COMMENTARYLatin American governments often get a boost from the success of their national soccer teams. But Mexico’s emocionante advance at the World Cup…

State election officers from all over the country met in Washington, D.C., this weekend, and received a classified intelligence briefing on threats from foreign adversaries.

Billy Mitchell, one of the two bitter rivals in 2007's King of Kong, just had his high scores stripped by video game record keepers — including a historic (and disputed) score featured in the film.

No black author has ever won its top prize. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks about the issue with Alisha Rai, author of the Forbidden Hearts series.

Before the Soviet period, "Russian food had color," says Vladimir Mukhin of Moscow's world-famous White Rabbit restaurant. He aims to honor those flavors, as well as locally source his ingredients.

Senior aides have left the Trump White House at levels not seen in recent history, and the president has foreshadowed more departures to come.

President Trump is focusing on foreign policy priorities this week, including visits with several world leaders, as his domestic agenda is paused in Congress.

Viewed for decades as capitalist exploitation, tipping is now encouraged at some upscale urban restaurants catering to wealthy young customers. Restaurateurs insist it's strictly voluntary.

After White House spokesman Sean Spicer called in the media Saturday to berate reporting on inaugural crowd size, White House counselor Kellyanne Conway introduced the concept of "alternative facts."

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, faced his fellow senators in a confirmation hearing Tuesday on Capitol Hill.

House Republicans passed their tax bill, but not without some dissent in the ranks. Rep. John Faso, a Republican from New York, voted no. He tells NPR's Scott Simon about how he reached his decision.

Legendary director Takashi Miike's new film, Blade of the Immortal, is the filmmaker's 100th movie. For someone known for totally bonkers violence, this movie is even more bananas and is being touted as the most over-the-top samurai movie ever made.

Rasika, a top eatery in Washington, D.C., is famous for its crispy spinach and modern twists on classic dishes. Now the owner and chef are sharing some of their prized — and adventurous — recipes.

The Justice Department has laid out a description of how early and how often Russian agents reached out to President Trump's then-nascent campaign in 2016; a former foreign policy aide has pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about the matter. Separately, Trump's former campaign chairman and a top aide were charged with money laundering.

The move by the longtime Democratic congressman from Michigan came after top House Democrats and House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., had called on him to resign.

President Trump elected not to press the White House's top lawyer when he wouldn't go along with firing special counsel Robert Mueller. But none of Trump's legal options are closed.

The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee has released a transcript of the panel's interview with Glenn Simpson. He's the founder of the political research shop Fusion GPS, which commissioned the infamous, unverified dossier ostensibly documenting connections between the Trump camp and Russia. In the interview, Simpson stands by the document.

Another person in last year's meeting with Donald Trump Jr. has been identified as Irakly Kaveladze, a Russian-American employee of the company controlled by the Trumps' business friends, the Agalarov family. Records show he owns businesses near the Trump golf course in Los Angeles and may have been accused of money laundering.