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Nick Ayers (from left), adviser to the vice president; Brad Parscale, President Trump’s digital and data director; David Bossie, deputy campaign manager; and Katrina Pierson, who served on the campaign’s communications team. Drew Angerer/Getty Images (2); Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP/Getty Images; Darren McCollester/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images (2); Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AFP/Getty Images;

Frog spit might be some of the catchiest spit on the planet. That’s according to new research on frog saliva, which shows that the sticky stuff is tailor-made to grab bugs. It helps to explain how frogs can snatch flies out of the air at incredible speeds, and hang on to them using only their

President Trump is set to announce his choice to be the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court just after 8 p.m. ET tonight, expected to be a pick between federal appeals court judges Neil Gorsuch and Thomas Hardiman. In typical Trump fashion, the run-up to the announcement has played out with the typical bravado

The first session of the New Hampshire House on Jan. 4, 2017, in Concord. The chamber will soon consider legislation that will likely curtail the financial strength of labor unions. Elise Amendola/AP hide caption toggle caption Elise Amendola/AP The first session of the New Hampshire House on Jan. 4, 2017, in Concord. The chamber will

Fred Korematsu fought U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Google/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption Google/Screenshot by NPR Fred Korematsu fought U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. Google/Screenshot by NPR Alphabet, the parent company of Google, is among the tech firms that are critical of the Trump administration’s executive order

Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, shown at an unrelated news conference in 2016, says Department of Justice lawyers won’t defend President Trump’s executive order as long as she remains in place at the Justice Department. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, shown at an unrelated news

Trump administration officials Kellyanne Conway, Sean Spicer and Reince Preibus spoke on Sunday talk shows and defended the recent executive order barring refugees from entering the country. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2017/01/29/512299378/trump-administration-officials-defend-immigration-executive-order?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

1 of 13 i View slideshow Updated at 6:55 p.m. ET They began Saturday as a series of pop-up demonstrations outside several major airports. But by Sunday, the protests against President Trump’s temporary immigration freeze had leapt from those airports to squares and plazas in cities across the U.S. Outside the White House, in Boston’s

An Iraqi soldier on Sunday stands near a makeshift armored car left behind by the Islamic State when they were driven out of the eastern side of Mosul. President Trump has ordered the U.S. military to draw up a new plan for the fight against ISIS. Mstyslav Chernov/AP hide caption toggle caption Mstyslav Chernov/AP An

President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Hall of Heroes at the Department of Defense on Friday in Arlington, Va. Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Hall of Heroes at the Department of Defense on Friday in Arlington, Va. Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images

Bilal Askaryar’s parents were engaged in Kabul in 1984. The family fled Afghanistan in 1990, when Askaryar was five, and they were granted asylum in the United States. Courtesy of Bilal Askaryar hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Bilal Askaryar Bilal Askaryar’s parents were engaged in Kabul in 1984. The family fled Afghanistan in 1990,

President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Oval Office on Saturday. It was one of five calls with foreign leaders Trump had scheduled for the day. Drew Angerer/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Drew Angerer/Getty Images President Donald Trump speaks on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin