NPR's Leila Fadel asks longtime diplomat and former Mideast peace negotiator Aaron David Miller about the U.S. role in a phased execution of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

After half a century in politics, President Biden bids farewell to public life in a speech from the Oval Office, warning about the concentration of power in the hands of a few ultrawealthy people.

The U.S. stock market has been on a tear and has been a global standout for years. Yet the standard advice is to diversify investments globally. We look the pros and cons of investing only in the U.S.

President-elect Donald Trump is making a lot of promises about the economy — and many of those involve tariffs. But those tariff promises may be hard – or even impossible – to keep.

LA is getting a reprieve because Santa Ana winds haven't been as bad recently. But with schools still closed after more than a week of chaos, kids are struggling. Hear more on the latest from LA.

The United Nations took steps over the holidays to formally define and respond to cybercrime around the world. But some countries involved, including the U.S., have lingering concerns about the terms.

Aaron Zelin of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy talks with NPR's Leila Fadel about the group that now controls Syria and why it's so hard to shed the label of "terrorists." ...

Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement on a multiphase ceasefire that commits them to end the war in Gaza.

The National Park Service won't be doing crowd size estimations anymore, including for President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration.

Trump's pick to lead the EPA, former N.Y. Rep. Lee Zeldin, does not have a major profile on environmental issues and is expected to embrace Trump's promised roll back of environmental regulations.

President Biden gives his farewell address to the nation from the White House Oval Office. Watch it live beginning at 8 PM on Wednesday, January 15th.

The Israel-Hamas ceasefire deal announced Wednesday is intended to end the most intense fighting ever between these bitter rivals. More broadly, the Gaza war unleashed a series of dramatic changes.