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White House communications official Bill Shine (left), then-White House chief of staff John Kelly and senior adviser Jared Kushner wait in the Oval Office in December 2018. <em>The New York Times</em> reports that Kelly opposed Kushner's security clearance, but President Trump overruled him and others.

What You Need To Know About Security Clearances, Inside And Outside The White House

Millions of government workers and contractors hold government clearances, and the president can grant them to anyone he wants — even, as one expert said, Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Bobby Osborne's latest album, <em>Original</em>, is available now.

At 86, Bobby Osborne Doesn't Intend To Quit Singing Anytime Soon

The bluegrass group Osborne Brothers released their version of "Rocky Top" on Christmas Day 50 years ago. Sonny Osborne retired in 2005, but Bobby is still going strong. The singer released his latest album 'Original' in June.

High school football playoffs begin. But school reclassification is the contest off the field

Georgia high school football teams are heading into the first weekend of the postseason playoffs. But things are different this year. GPB Sports' John Nelson joins All Things Considered host Rickey Bevington to preview.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson leaves 10 Downing Street in London on Wednesday.

Boris Johnson fights to stay as British prime minister as his party's support unravels

Two top ministers and a slew of more junior officials resigned this week, saying they could no longer serve under Johnson's scandal-tarred leadership. He narrowly got by a no-confidence vote in June.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has brought up an old question

Is aggressive war legal? Calls are growing now to set up an international tribunal to charge Russia with the same crime.

Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michael S. Barr appears before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee in Washington, D.C., on March 28, 2023. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sparked scrutiny from lawmakers who want to know what went wrong and whether regulators did enough to oversee the lender.

5 things we learned from the Senate hearing on the Silicon Valley Bank collapse

A top federal regulator called the failure of Silicon Valley Bank a "textbook case of bank mismanagement" during a Senate hearing about what led to its spectacular collapse

With her her 8th U.S. Championship win, Simone Biles is still the gymnastics GOAT

NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer Camonghne Felix about how Simone Biles won her eighth U.S. Championship Sunday night — a record — 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her sport.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is chairing the Senate's top health committee which is focused on solving the U.S. health care worker shortage.

Fixing the health care worker shortage may be something Congress can agree on

The U.S. faces a shortfall of about 450,000 nurses and 120,000 doctors in the coming years. The Senate's top health committee, led by Sen. Bernie Sanders, is considering bipartisan solutions.

Jannik Sinner of Italy practices last week prior to the 2024 U.S. Open in New York City. The world's top-ranked player tested positive for low levels of a banned steroid after his physiotherapist used a topical spray to treat a small cut before giving Sinner a massage.

The U.S. Open begins under a cloud, after 1-seed Jannik Sinner is cleared of doping

The world's top-ranked player tested positive for low levels of a banned steroid after his physiotherapist used a topical spray to treat a small cut before giving Sinner a massage, arbitrators found.

In an about-face, Germany plans to build Europe's biggest military

A new Trump presidency and the Ukraine war have pushed Germany to change its constitution to spend more on its military. "Building up our military is our top priority," said Chancellor Friedrich Merz.

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