The Latest World What happened to U.S. foreign aid this year? Historically, the U.S. had been the top donor for global health. That changed dramatically this year. We look at the new approach the U.S. is pursuing and what this has meant for people on the ground. Gabrielle Emanuel World U.S. strikes alleged Islamic State camps in Nigeria President Trump ordered U.S. strikes on ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria, in response to what he claimed is persecution of Christians Emmanuel Akinwotu Partial Highway 2 reopening will allow access to Stevens Pass About 20 miles of U.S. 2 are set to reopen Monday on the east side of the Cascades, allowing access to the Stevens Pass ski resort after devastating flooding and debris slides destroyed parts of the highway this month. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard National Criminal justice experts explain why crime rates fell in 2025 Crime rates in the U.S. fell in 2025. Murders in particular fell dramatically. That is a major takeaway among criminal justice experts as we approach the year's end. Meg Anderson Politics A look back at Congress' tumultuous year Congress kicked off 2025 with an ambitious agenda, but 12 months later, it has ceded much of its power to President Trump and passed a record low number of bills. Leila Fadel Politics Republican strategist talks about what the future holds for the GOP Morning Edition host Leila Fadel asks GOP strategist Alex Conant about the future of the Republican party in 2026 and beyond. Leila Fadel World Louvre installs bars over gallery windows in latest security measure post-heist France's Louvre museum has installed large metal bars over the windows of the gallery thieves broke into in October. Eleanor Beardsley Health Should the U.S. model its vaccine policy on Denmark's? Experts say we're nothing alike The Trump administration wants to revamp U.S. childhood vaccination recommendations to align with some other peer nations, including one tiny country in northern Europe. Maria Godoy National Marijuana rescheduling would bring some immediate changes, but others will take time President Trump set the process in motion to ease federal restrictions on marijuana. But his order doesn't automatically revoke laws targeting marijuana, which remains illegal to transport over state lines. Bill Chappell Environment Christmas is over. Here's what to do with your holiday trash Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rules vary by municipality on what you can recycle and what needs to go into the trash. Ava Pukatch Prev 286 of 1646 Next Sponsored
World What happened to U.S. foreign aid this year? Historically, the U.S. had been the top donor for global health. That changed dramatically this year. We look at the new approach the U.S. is pursuing and what this has meant for people on the ground. Gabrielle Emanuel
World U.S. strikes alleged Islamic State camps in Nigeria President Trump ordered U.S. strikes on ISIS targets in northwest Nigeria, in response to what he claimed is persecution of Christians Emmanuel Akinwotu
Partial Highway 2 reopening will allow access to Stevens Pass About 20 miles of U.S. 2 are set to reopen Monday on the east side of the Cascades, allowing access to the Stevens Pass ski resort after devastating flooding and debris slides destroyed parts of the highway this month. Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard
National Criminal justice experts explain why crime rates fell in 2025 Crime rates in the U.S. fell in 2025. Murders in particular fell dramatically. That is a major takeaway among criminal justice experts as we approach the year's end. Meg Anderson
Politics A look back at Congress' tumultuous year Congress kicked off 2025 with an ambitious agenda, but 12 months later, it has ceded much of its power to President Trump and passed a record low number of bills. Leila Fadel
Politics Republican strategist talks about what the future holds for the GOP Morning Edition host Leila Fadel asks GOP strategist Alex Conant about the future of the Republican party in 2026 and beyond. Leila Fadel
World Louvre installs bars over gallery windows in latest security measure post-heist France's Louvre museum has installed large metal bars over the windows of the gallery thieves broke into in October. Eleanor Beardsley
Health Should the U.S. model its vaccine policy on Denmark's? Experts say we're nothing alike The Trump administration wants to revamp U.S. childhood vaccination recommendations to align with some other peer nations, including one tiny country in northern Europe. Maria Godoy
National Marijuana rescheduling would bring some immediate changes, but others will take time President Trump set the process in motion to ease federal restrictions on marijuana. But his order doesn't automatically revoke laws targeting marijuana, which remains illegal to transport over state lines. Bill Chappell
Environment Christmas is over. Here's what to do with your holiday trash Household waste increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and New Years. Rules vary by municipality on what you can recycle and what needs to go into the trash. Ava Pukatch