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A new national survey raises alarms from election administrators facing constant threats. Stress and attacks by political leaders on the voting system are top forces pushing them out of their jobs.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School, about the future of the U.S. military court and prison at Guantanamo Bay.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with journalist John Cannon about the dangers of destroying a hidden peatland in the Congo Basin that has locked in as much carbon dioxide as the world emits in three years.

Scientists are developing new gigapixel cameras that take extremely high-resolution images with astonishing detail. Who needs to see the world with this kind of super-eye?

A large share of the departures so far this term were on the National Security Council staff.

It was a busy week in politics, capped off by Trump's airstrikes on Syria. But also, Neil Gorsuch was confirmed, reports emerged about power struggles in the White House, and the Senate changed rules.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with bourbon expert Fred Minnick on what Jim Beam's halting distillation at main distillery reveals about the challenges facing the bourbon industry and the year ahead.

Nearly a month after U.S. forces seized Nicolás Maduro, Caracas is settling into an uneasy normal, with major changes and lingering questions about what lasts and what comes next.

Storms come more often and the sea is rising, says an activist in Bangladesh. Crops are being ruined. Here's how one village is handling the situation.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy told reporters he had a "productive" phone call with President Biden as he travels back to Washington. Negotiators for the pair will resume talks Sunday evening.