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Nomadic herders in Kenya's northwest are having to move farther afield as sustained drought fundamentally changes the landscape. The result: no grasses for their herds.

President Trump talked a lot about having a better relationship with Russia, but that changed last week when Trump ordered missile strikes after Syria's apparent use of chemical weapons on civilians.

Politics in Haines, Alaska — population 2,500 — has grown intensely bitter lately, reflecting the volume and heat of national politics.

The tubers are essential to the country's economy and culture, but their quality keeps declining. Now, researchers have found a way to mass produce good seed yams — and it could save the industry.

Doug Liman's "cheerfully blistering yarn" about a pilot who flew guns and drugs for the CIA makes the most of Tom Cruise's gifts as a leading man, and Liman's directorial fondness for low-level chaos.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and the Brookings Institution, and David Brooks of The New York Times, about Republican leadership's bad week and the rollout of a Republican effort to overhaul the tax code.

The Mississippian American Indian culture rose to power after A.D. 900 by farming corn. Now, new evidence suggests a dramatic change in climate might have led to the culture's collapse in the 1300s.

President Trump has said he wants to crack down on abuses and protect American workers. But it's Congress that holds the power to fundamentally reform the program, and work there is underway.

The Trump administration faces protests for its plan to aggressively rein in the EPA, an agency created by President Richard Nixon. But environmental protection was not always so politically divisive.

The House tax plan differs significantly from the version being sculpted in the Senate. Both plans seem to agree that a big corporate tax cut is needed. The president wants a tax measure by Christmas.