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NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on the commercial performance of the pop star's latest hit.

Breakthrough infections continue to hit Capitol Hill, with vaccinated members announcing positive coronavirus cases amid a surge caused by the delta variant.

The president has been under increasing pressure to more aggressively combat threats to voting rights. And advocates say speeches are not a substitute for legislative action.

In "Texas Hold 'Em," the singer is accompanied by a banjo. It's often thought of as a quintessential Americana instrument. But the history of the banjo tells a different story.

The Portland Clean Energy Fund has raised a billion dollars for climate change action via a retail tax on large corporations in the city. Other cities are starting to shape similar funds.

Even after their babies died, hospital bills kept coming. These parents of fragile, very sick infants faced exorbitant bills — though they had insurance. "The process was just so heartless," one says.

Kibbutz Be'eri was hit hard in the Hamas-led attack of Oct. 7, 2023. Survivors were evacuated to a hotel, where they worked together to create programs to help their children recover from trauma.

For the first time, a Chinese fighter plane made a debut in an active conflict. Pakistani pilots manned the Chinese J-10c during four days of clashes against India in May.

Efforts to ban congressional stock trading have stalled for years. But a group of bipartisan lawmakers has a new consensus plan and wants a vote to show lawmakers aren't profiting from their roles.

The 14th century Persian poet Hafez remains venerated in Iran, even though he wrote of wine, romance and other topics not necessarily welcome in today's Islamic Republic.