Donald Trump has promised to slash federal spending massively with help from Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk. NPR's Michel Martin asks fiscal watcher Maya MacGuineas whether their plans are realistic.

Regulators have slowed the pace of Starship launches over environmental concerns, but that may be about to change.

Nearly 44,000 people have been killed in Gaza by Israeli fire in more than a year of war, according to the ministry of health there. A recent Israeli forces operation took place in central Gaza.

Chinese immigrants sacrificed to create America's first transcontinental railroad. Its completion may have contributed to a ...