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A metro line in Pakistan's second-largest city has transformed a city and the lives of the women who ride it.

Before the House adjourns for its August recess, House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to advance more defense funding, the president's election integrity bill and a stock trading ban for lawmakers.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Republican strategist Rob Burgess about Republican efforts to move forward with a $95 billion party-line budget reconciliation bill.

Protests over President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's dismissal of the country's defense minister coincide with a fresh wave of Russian strikes across Ukraine.

Maine Democrats appear to be settling on a frontrunner to replace former Senate candidate Graham Platner in a rushed process to take on Republican Sen. Susan Collins.

International students could once stay as long as they needed to complete their college degrees, but that's changing, and the restrictions could cut into college budgets.

In a transition of power presided over by King Charles, Andy Burnham has replaced Keir Starmer as the United Kingdom's prime minister. Both are from the center-left Labour Party.

More than 10,000 homes on Southwestern Indian reservations lack running water. This despite tribes substantial water rights. A new solution is being held up as states fight over the Colorado River.

With President Trump in attendance, an all-superstar lineup that included Madonna, BTS, Justin Bieber and Burna Boy felt a little more political than it might have otherwise.

Influencer Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan have been arrested in Miami after British authorities issued 38 new charges against them, and said they are "seeking extradition" for the two men.

Experts say President Trump's Thursday night speech -- and the tranche of newly unclassified documents that came with it -- provided no new evidence of fraud.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to David Becker, an election law expert and executive director of The Center for Election Innovation & Research, about the president's speech on election integrity issues.