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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed concern about the further spread of the delta variant. Health officials have been concerned about holiday weekends during the pandemic.

Dozens are dead, including several U.S. service members, after a terrorist attack at the Kabul airport. President Biden says the evacuation of Americans and Afghan allies will continue.

More than 8 million people are behind on their rent. The supreme court has just struck down a federal eviction moratorium that was protecting many of them. Now it's a race against the clock.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell says the economy continues its recovery, hinting the central bank could dial back its extraordinary efforts to prop up the economy later this year.

As Democrats try to pass voting rights legislation through Congress, some members of the party have expressed an openness to one GOP-backed policy they have long opposed: voter ID requirements.

The first day back to school can be a dreaded experience — for both children and parents. This year might be especially scary, as many children have spent a year and a half learning from home.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Stephen Wertheim of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, who says that Biden's vow to hold attackers accountable shouldn't send the U.S. into a war on terror.

Budget Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders is off to Indiana and Iowa to sell voters on the $3.5 trillion spending plan. His goal is to convince them that big federal spending can improve their lives.

NPR's Noel King speaks with author Kat Chow about her memoir Seeing Ghosts.

Staff Sgt. Ryan Knauss was wounded in the Kabul airport bombing and later died. He's believed to be the last American fatality of the war. "If he had a crystal ball, he'd do it again," his wife said.