Center-right politician Friedrich Merz was elected chancellor after an unprecedented two rounds of voting in the German parliament.

The finals of the Poetry Out Loud high school poetry competition take place in Washington, D.C., this week. NPR asked some of this year's competitors about how to master a poem.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks to journalist and author Ruthie Ackerman about her new book, The Mother Code: My Story of Love, Loss, and the Myths that Shape Us.

A federal judge Tuesday wrote that President Trump's executive order dismantling the IMLS "disregards the fundamental ...