Democratic lawmakers in Texas left the state to prevent a vote on redrawing the state’s congressional maps. The redrawn maps would create five more winnable U.S. House districts for Republicans.

Much of the public health agency's $9 billion budget had been in limbo but funds are finally flowing, according to CDC staffers, including for a key overdose prevention program.

The idea that each year produces a few unofficial "songs of the summer" has been rattling around for ages. But do we have a strong contender this year?

The statue of Albert Pike, a Confederate general and Freemason leader, was vandalized and taken down on Juneteenth in 2020. It is the only statue of a Confederate general in Washington, D.C.

The trial of the far-right leader is receiving renewed attention after U.S. President Donald Trump directly tied a 50% tariff ...

Phone calls to local Social Security offices are currently being rerouted to other field offices — often to staff who don't ...

Combs was convicted on July 2 of two counts of transportation for prostitution. The music mogul had filed a request to be ...

Hundreds of former Israeli military officials are urging President Trump to help end to the war in Gaza. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to retired Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin who supports ending the war.

The prime minister fled. There's an interim government. Our writer urges global health groups, including WHO and UNICEF, to help preserve the nation's health-care achievements at this critical time, ...

The State Department said it would start a pilot program that will require cash deposits to tourist and business visas for people from countries with high overstay rates.

Texas GOP is threatening to arrest Democratic lawmakers unless they return to vote on redrawing the congressional map. And, two NASA satellite missions that scientists and farmers rely on could end.

Since his return to office, President Trump has waged something of a pressure campaign on economic data and the people in charge of delivering it. His firing of the Bureau of Labor Statistics ...