Your 2025 holiday movie guide: Time travel, pickleball and fa-la-la-la franchises
We're taking stock of this year's notable holiday movies, with titles including such gems as Oy to the World!, Christmas at the Catnip Cafe, A Merry Little Ex-Mas, and A Pickleball Christmas.
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The federal government is still shut down. Here's what that means across the country
The federal government is currently shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the government shutdown is affecting services across the country. -
How big a deal are Taylor Swift's vinyl sales, really?
The Life of a Showgirl isn't just a streaming success — it has moved a massive number of vinyl LPs. How massive? Let's do some math. -
Pokémon Legends Z-A is a game of epic proportions, best played on the Switch 2
Pokémon Legends: Z-A feels like a mega evolution for the whole series — a colossal achievement that runs splendidly on the Switch 2 after the buggy disappointments of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. -
White House claims "more than 1,000%" rise in assaults on ICE agents, data says otherwise
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers claim assaults on their officers are up sharply since June. There's no public evidence that number is true. -
Every moment pops in the nuclear thriller 'A House of Dynamite'
A single nuclear warhead, of unknown origin, is heading toward the U.S. mainland in Kathryn Bigelow's new Netflix film. It's an unnerving scenario — but it's also thrilling to watch. -
Trump administration says about 4,200 federal employees face layoffs
The Trump administration says it has started the process of issuing "substantial" reduction-in-force notices to federal employees. Court filings suggest around 4,200 affected so far. -
Firings of federal workers begin as White House seeks to pressure Democrats in government shutdown
A spokesperson for the budget office, said the reductions are “substantial” but did not offer more immediate details. -
Grand Canyon food pantry gears up to assist park employees who are missing paychecks
A food pantry inside Grand Canyon National Park is gearing up to again assist park employees missing paychecks due to the federal government shutdown.
