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NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Bill Hayton of the U.K.-based policy institute Chatham House, about the political shakeup after Vietnam's president resigned amid a corruption scandal

A high stakes debt ceiling fight looms on Capitol Hill. The rules on handling classified documents. And the tech industry, facing one of its sharpest downturns in a decade, turns to layoffs.

Some states allow children to be removed from their parents if they fail to pay the cost of foster care. But that can be hundreds of dollars a month, and it's often the poorest families who must pay.

Chinese researchers are claiming they can break modern encryption with today's quantum computers. Experts are skeptical, but the possibility remains a top U.S. national security concern.

The Navy has raised its age limit to 41 –- the oldest of any service. This comes as the military faces a recruiting crisis. For one middle-aged surf instructor, it's a life changing opportunity.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Malcolm-Jamal Warner about his Grammy nomination for best spoken word poetry album and the inspiration behind it.

As the U.S. creeps towards its debt ceiling and a political standoff takes shape, NPR's Juana Summers speaks with two of the negotiators who helped broker a deal to raise the debt limit in 2011.

More Americans are planning on taking a cruise in 2023, which bodes well for Florida’s cruise industry. Black Friday was a record day for cruise ship bookings in the US.

New York Times journalist Catie Edmondson says the new Republican-controlled House of Representatives will likely leverage their subpoena power to enact vengeance on the Biden administration.

Two power substations were damaged in early December, knocking out power for tens of thousands. The latest shooting did not cause any outages, the utility said.