Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a panelist in Sen. Markwayne Mullin's Department of Homeland Security confirmation hearing, discusses the reforms he wants for the agency and shares his views on the Iran war with NPR's Steve Inskeep.

People arrested while protesting ICE say federal agents took samples of their DNA. It's legal, but experts say the practice raises questions about what the government is doing with that genetic data.

The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady as it faces inflationary pressure from the war with Iran — and a weakening labor market.

San Francisco's streets are plastered with cryptic ads from AI startups. The strategy is intentional — but it's not without cost.

Last year ICE got $45 billion from Congress over four years to expand its detention footprint. Many towns and cities are pushing back.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jacqueline Smith of the International Transport Workers' Federation about the roughly 20,000 seafarers stuck in the Strait of Hormuz in the midst of the Iran war.

Spain's Prime Minister called U.S. strikes against Iran "unjustified." When other foreigners in power have used similar language against the U.S. or Israel, they were sanctioned by the Treasury.

These foreign nationals are the silent engines that keep many of the region's cities running, but the war has exposed some of their biggest vulnerabilities.

As an energy crisis grows, some countries are more prepared because of renewable energy and electric vehicles. Pakistan reduced its reliance on imported natural gas because of the growth of solar.

Some people online believe many of us have dangerous parasites in our gut and need to flush them out with herbal supplements. Here's what doctors say about the trend.