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In what may be the start of a major security overhaul, Mexico's president has launched a 70,000-strong National Guard force. But their role remains unclear, as does their training and make up.

President Trump has picked two more candidates for the Federal Reserve Board. One, Judy Shelton, has some unconventional views on monetary policy.

The next big thing might be the old city bus — re-imagined. Bus rapid transit is already in use overseas and now Boston and other cities in the U.S. are testing it out.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have left Gaza in the past year, as conditions there have worsened.

When President Trump stepped onto North Korean territory on Sunday, national security adviser John Bolton was not there. That has raised a lot of questions about whether Bolton is being frozen out.

NPR's Noel King talks with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton of Washington, D.C., about President Trump's Fourth of July celebration in the city and the complications involved.

Researchers are using brain scans, blood and spinal fluid to detect early signs of Alzheimer's disease. These "biomarkers" may also offer a quicker way to test new Alzheimer's drugs.

Rachel Martin speaks with Doris Meissner, the former head of Immigration and Naturalization Services, about what government agencies can do to respond to poor conditions at migrant detention centers.

The 29-year-old smiled at reporters upon arriving at the airport in Beijing Thursday, telling them he felt "great." But he declined to elaborate on his whereabouts since he was first reported missing.

If you are born in the United States, citizenship is a birthright. But if you immigrate to this country, the work of the citizenship process culminates in the reciting of an oath.