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Andrew Limbong, host of NPR's Book of the Day podcast, recommends key books to read on right wing extremism and former President Donald Trump's attempt to overturn the 2020 election results.

Doctors and advocates who help people access safe abortions say a 6-week ban may as well be a total ban. They say it will hurt women, trans and nonbinary people in Florida and around the Southeast.

At least three UN schools housing displaced people have been hit directly by Israeli airstrikes in less than a week. A fourth suffered damage after an airstrike hit a building next to it.

The bipartisan legislation would update the certification process for presidential elections, which former President Donald Trump and his allies tried to exploit after the 2020 election.

Trump has made many changes to immigration policy in his first 100 days. Here are five you should know about.

Former President Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday by a federal grand jury on four counts related to the efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

Rosie the Riveter became an iconic symbol of the millions of women who worked industrial jobs during WWII. Dozens, now in their 90s and 100s, are accepting a Congressional gold medal on their behalf.

The former law professor's name came up a number or times during the Jan. 6 investigation committee's hearing on Trump's pressure to get his vice president to overturn the 2020 election.

After a coaching career spanning four decades, Coach Mike Krzyzewski has coached his final home game with the Duke Blue Devils, a game that saw Duke upset by the North Carolina Tar Heels 94-81.

In a ceremony surrounded by masked Palestinian militants and rubble from the Gaza war, Hamas on Saturday released three Israeli hostages holding U.S., Russian and Argentinian citizenships.

At least six people were killed when Russian missiles hit civilian buildings in an overnight attack Tuesday in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, regional officials said.

A lower court's decision had prohibited enforcement of the abortion ban statewide. Seven of the state's nine justices agreed to let the ban go into effect.

Prosecutors, who are in the early stages of the investigation, said there were no elements to suspect terrorism was behind the incident. Ten other people suffered life-threatening injuries.

The next hearing of the January 6th Committee on Tuesday will focus on how Trump pressured state officials to help him overturn the election results — most prominently in Georgia.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar of the House Jan. 6th committee about the panel's unanimous decision to subpoena former President Trump to testify.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Kim Wehle, a law professor at the University of Baltimore, about former President Trump's attempts to block the release of documents related to the U.S. Capitol attack.

The ban gives Gov. DeSantis a key political victory among Republican primary voters as he prepares to launch a presidential candidacy built on his national brand as a conservative standard bearer.

Daniel Lyons Scott, a member of the Proud Boys extremist group, pleaded guilty to felony charges that included obstruction of an official proceeding, and assault.

NPR's Jan. 6 coverage includes a database of all the charges filed against more than 1500 defendants. It's now one of the only places that information is publicly accessible.

Freedom House Executive Vice President Nicole Bibbins Sedaca talks about how the violent anti-demicratic movement in the U.S. is affecting right-wing political movements around the world.

Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of Hands Across America. In 1986, six and a half million people held hands across the nation to fight homelessness and hunger.

The circus was founded to lift kids out of poverty and change racial attitudes. It's become a world-famous institution — performing for Barack Obama, for example — while holding true to its dream.

Founder Gwendolyn Reese has long desired to share the city’s African American history online. The coronavirus pandemic helped put the project in motion.

Five authors, librarians and book shop owners suggest turning to literature to help teach kids about Black history, culture and themes for this Black History Month.

For 187 minutes, pressure mounted for the president to call off the mob and tell rioters to stop. Witnesses say Trump escalated the violence with a tweet and watched the violence unfold on TV.