Search results for

Lice is low down on threats to public health — they don't carry disease, and they don't jump or fly. But school systems and parents are still grappling with whether to keep kids with lice in class.

NPR's Michel Martin asks Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) about the impact of the new round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.

The federal government has added hundreds of thousands of immigration arrest warrants to a national database used by local police, meaning cops are more likely to know if someone is wanted by ICE.

Traditional allies, including the European Union, South Korea and Japan, face tariffs as high as 20%, while China confronts a 34% tariff on top of an existing 20% tax on imports to the U.S..

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Andy Schor, mayor of Lansing, Michigan, about how his city will be impacted by Trump's new round of tariffs.

President Trump ordered steep new tariffs on imports from around the world. Economists say they could lead to higher prices and slower growth, as well as huge changes in the global economic order.

New customs regulations take effect August 29, and many European postal agencies and companies say until new systems are set up they can't ship some goods. Gifts worth less than $100 are not affected.

Some members of Congress are trying to force a vote to make the Trump administration release more of the Jeffrey Epstein files. And, the Trump family's crypto started trading publicly this week.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has new details for Israel's expanded incursion in Gaza, saying Israeli troops are seizing more land there.

The U.S. built up a network of institutions supporting public diplomacy and scholarship after World War Two and throughout the Cold War. The Trump administration is dismantling these institutions.