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Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell usually tries to avoid getting dragged into a fight with the Trump administration. But now that the DOJ has launched a probe of the central bank, he's on offense.

The U.S. Army releases May recruiting numbers Friday, and an advance report in the Army Times suggests recruiters have fallen short of their goal for the fourth month in a row. Some recruiters have been frustrated by an increasingly anti-military mood in some cities, as Martin Kaste reports from Seattle.

For one DeKalb High School graduate, moving away to attend school is just the first step in achieving his goals.

Chinese universities are sending students home as the ruling Communist Party tightens anti-virus controls and tries to prevent more protests by crowds angered by its severe "zero COVID" restrictions.

There was a time when the Los Angeles neighborhood was known for silent films -- not drive-by shootings. In The Madonnas of Echo Park, debut novelist Brando Skyhorse revisits his old neighborhood -- and residents who still live there say his words hit home.

The head of Northern Illinois University’s effort to improve diversity and equity shares the strategies and some of the policy changes made to make the campus a more inclusive place.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.

In his first year, Pope Leo has spoken in favor of peace and the plight of immigrants, putting him in the crosshairs of the Trump administration. He meets with the U.S. secretary of state on Thursday.

Talia Schlanger hosts World Cafe, which is distributed by NPR and produced by WXPN, the public radio service of the University of Pennsylvania. She got her start in broadcasting at the CBC, Canada's national public broadcaster. She hosted CBC Radio 2 Weekend Mornings on radio and was the on-camera host for two seasons of the television series CBC Music: Backstage, as well as several prime-time music TV specials for CBC, including the Quietest Concert Ever: On Fundy's Ocean Floor. Schlanger also guest hosted various flagship shows on CBC Radio One, including As It Happens, Day 6 and Because News. Schlanger also won a Canadian Screen Award as a producer for CBC Music Presents: The Beetle Roadtrip Sessions, a cross-country rock 'n' roll road trip.

After two recent attacks on the U.S. Capitol — Jan. 6 and the breach last week when a man rammed a barrier, killing an officer — a debate over fencing and stepped up security is front and center.