Janine Herbst

But as NPR's Tamara Keith reports, it doesn't appear that the talks between the two yielded any significant progress.

Cuba is facing a new energy crisis and rising protests.

While the Cubans blame the U.S.

for blocking energy deliveries, the State Department says it's their communist rulers who are responsible for the humanitarian crisis on the island.

NPR's Michelle Kellerman has more.

For the third day in a row, Russia launched a massive drone and missile attack on Ukraine, demolishing an apartment building in Kyiv, killing at least nine, and wounding dozens of others.

You're listening to NPR News from Washington.

Colleges are sounding the alarm over two related challenges facing the industry, federal funding cuts and a diminished talent pipeline.

From member station GBH in Boston, Kirk Carapazza reports MIT President Sally Kornbluth says federal research dollars aren't flowing the way they typically do.

High gas prices and rising prices at the grocery store, fueled by the ongoing war in Iran, left shoppers slowing their spending in April.

But that doesn't mean no shopping.

The Commerce Department says retail sales rose a half percent last month, a sharp slowdown from the 1.6 percent growth in March.

The biggest category gainers in April, aside from essentials, clothing and furniture, though economists worry that spending on non-essentials will drop as the prices rise.

I'm Janine Herbst, NPR News in Washington.

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Janine Herbst.

President Trump and China's leader Xi Jinping are getting ready for their second day of meetings tomorrow.

NPR's Emily Fang reports today, after a tour of historic buildings in Beijing, the two talked about controversial issues, including Taiwan.

This week, the U.S.

House approved year-round sales of up to 15 percent ethanol gas blends, or E15.

Harvest Public Media's Macy Byers reports the bill now heads to the Senate.