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Republicans have talked about overhauling the party since President Obama's reelection. But is the GOP ready to move on and change?

Join an NPR/National Geographic Radio Expedition for a journey to Patagonia in Argentina. Visit with hundreds of thousands of Magellanic penguins and the researchers who study them.

When the Federal Reserve meets Tuesday and Wednesday, the big question will be how much the Fed will raise rates to tame inflation. NPR's A Martinez asks David Wessel of the Brookings Institution.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with David Beasley, executive director of the World Food Programme, about the ongoing food insecurity problem in Ukraine during the war.

The acquittals and mistrials of four men charged with attempting to kidnap Michigan's governor are raising questions about counterterrorism cases against white defendants, post-9/11.

David Bransby, professor of energy crops at Auburn University, is an expert on switch grass, which President Bush mentioned in his State of the Union address. Bransby says switch grass is cheap to grow and provides a high yield crop that can make a lot of ethanol for a low cost.

Robert Siegel talks with Middle East analyst Flynt Leverett, who's in Damascus while Syria's Baath Party holds its first meeting in five years. Leverett is author of the new book Inheriting Syria: Bashar's Trial By Fire and is a senior fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.

President Bush meets with British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House. Iraq and the upcoming G-8 summit that takes place next month in Scotland are topics of discussion.

The Senate vote will largely be a symbolic move by Democrats to show support for abortion rights after a leaked draft showed the Supreme Court may overturn the ruling.

The biggest wildfire in the U.S. has been threatening homes and people in New Mexico for more than a month now. Some are facing serious hardships.