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Every year, we ask NPR staff and book critics to share their favorite titles in our annual Books We Love guide. Here are 8 fiction picks that were standout stars.
A Palestinian convicted for a bombing is now an award-winning novelist, and free
Bassem Khandaqji entered prison 21 years ago for plotting a deadly bombing in Israel. He left prison as an award-winning novelist.
The best games of 2025, picked by NPR's staff
From indies like Blue Prince to big console exclusives like Donkey Kong Bananza, NPR staff members and contributors round up their favorite games of 2025.
50 years after the birth of special education, some fear for its future under Trump
The Trump administration has fired, or tried to fire, many of the federal staff members who manage and enforce federal disability law in schools.
Democrats seek limits on who can serve as immigration judges amid mass layoffs
The legislation comes after the White House authorized up to 600 military lawyers to be temporary immigration judges and scrapped requirements for them to have immigration law experience.
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The U.S. and Russia met for hours Tuesday to discuss the peace deal to end the war in Ukraine. Both sides called the talks "constructive," but no concrete steps were agreed upon.
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NATO foreign ministers will meet in Brussels Wednesday, and the ongoing negotiations to end the war in Ukraine will be top of mind. But there will be a notable absence: The U.S.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Julianne Smith, former U.S. ambassador to NATO, about the latest Ukraine peace talks and Europe's role.
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Brandi Carlile has a way of making any performance feel like a tête-à-tête, a deep emotional exchange between friends that just happens to take place in a crowd. -
The word "ideology" has become a fixture in American political rhetoric, invoked by leaders to cast opponents' beliefs as dangerous, stupid or unfounded. But it wasn't always this way. -
U.S.-Russia call peace talks 'constructive,' but no concrete steps were agreed upon, Lawmakers still seek answers in deadly U.S. boat strike, Republicans hold on to House seat in Tennessee.
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NPR's A Martinez speaks with Paul McCartney about his new book, "Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run," an oral history of the band McCartney formed after The Beatles broke up.
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Costco has filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's tariffs. The retailer joins other companies hoping to get a refund for the import taxes it's already paid.
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The story of wooden nesting dolls is not just quintessentially Russian -- it's also Chinese.
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As details continue to unfold about a U.S. attack on a boat in the Caribbean in September, lawmakers in Congress are pressing the Trump administration for answers.
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NPR's Steve Inskeep asks former Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General Steven Lepper about the legalities of the strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
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A survey by the American Foreign Service Association finds that U.S. diplomats are reeling from layoffs and low morale, leaving American foreign service in crisis.
