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President-elect Donald Trump has announced he will nominate Pete Hegseth, a Fox News host and Army veteran to be his secretary of defense. The 44-year-old Hegseth came as a surprise.

An impasse over the budget and the threat of a government shutdown dominated political news earlier this week.

College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm or apartment. At the University of Chicago, they get in line early for the chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.

Sometimes, the right book shows up just at the right time. Our book critic encountered two such books this week: Water, Water, by Billy Collins, and The Dog Who Followed the Moon, by James Norbury.

The freshman class of the 113th Congress is the most diverse in congressional history. As part of a series on who the newbies are, NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates profiles Representative-elect Raul Ruiz, who gave up a career as an emergency room physician to improve life in his California desert community of the Coachella Valley.

The planet has been shattering heat records for the past two years. That was expected to ease in January — and the fact that it didn't has climate researchers worried.

Pertussis, or whooping cough, is on the rise throughout Oregon, Washington and Idaho this year.

LA is getting a reprieve because Santa Ana winds haven't been as bad recently. But with schools still closed after more than a week of chaos, kids are struggling. Hear more on the latest from LA.

Iran considered Syria a critical component of its so-called Axis of Resistance. Collapse of the Assad regime caps months of setbacks for Iran, including defeat of its proxies Hezbollah and Hamas.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: The film Flow, a Pete Seeger album, Deal or No Deal Island, and the documentary Sly Lives!