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As the United States considers possible military action against Iran, it's also weighing another military move -- withdrawing the last U.S. forces from Syria.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Shashank Joshi, defense editor at The Economist, about the U.S. decision to carry out military strikes on Iran without its traditional European allies.

Back-and-forth attacks have repeatedly threatened the ceasefire, but Thursday's appeared bigger all around.

Defense secretary Pete Hegseth will appear on the Hill on Tuesday. He's looking for a nearly $90 billion funding boost, as the Iran war once again flares.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Gary Jackson about Lincoln Hills, a mountain resort built for Black families during the Jim Crow era. His great-grandfather owned land there.

Senators sharply question federal safety officials during a hearing on one of the nation's biggest mine disasters in 20 years. Labor subcommittee members asked why the Sago mine was not shut down for past violations. They also wanted to know if communications technology could have saved lives.

Scientists are relying more and more on non-scientists to help them gather data. That was the case recently on North Carolina's coast, where volunteers spent a day counting terrapin turtles.

Civil rights and faith leaders are demanding a meeting with the FBI director. The message: time to prioritize white nationalist violence.

In Take This Waltz, a couple (Seth Rogen and Michelle Williams) find their marriage challenged when a charming new neighbor moves in. Critic Jeannette Catsoulis says the movie's profound take on marital instability proves director Sarah Polley's equally great debut feature was no fluke. (Recommended)

People were lining up to leave their "I Voted" stickers at the gravesite of the women's suffrage activist. Elsewhere, tributes popped up on Twitter and Instagram to other icons of the movement.