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For almost two years, countries have been trying to negotiate a United Nations treaty to rein in plastic pollution. The talks were supposed to end with an agreement, but that didn't happen.

Among the 2,000 Palestinians freed in the Gaza ceasefire deal were 250 serving life terms for attacks on Israelis dating back decades.

The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country.

On Saturday, a federal appeals court blocked the Trump administration from deploying federalized National Guard troops in Illinois.

A new law in California bans ICE agents -- and most law enforcement officers -- from wearing masks to hide their identities. But the Trump administration says they don't have to comply.

Getting COVID-19 vaccines to Middle Eastern war zones like Libya, Yemen, and Syria is going to be a daunting task.

The federal government remains shut down, in what is now the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Reporters from the NPR Network are digging into the ways the government shutdown is playing out in their region.

When a disabled young woman moved out of a hospital to her own apartment, the Trump administration celebrated — even though it's ending the federal program that made it possible.

President Trump heads to Saudi Arabia this week. What do he and the Gulf states want from the visit?

Reporters from the NPR Network are covering the uncertainty and lapse in benefits in states across the country.