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During a sold-out speech, the former GOP representative told the audience it was important to not become "numb" to the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

The judge said it was "reasonable" the Justice Department interpreted Trump's Jan. 6 commutations to cover the defendants' prison sentences and wipe away their terms of supervised release.

Historians say it's good to highlight America's founders, but the project takes too narrow a view of history.

Rebecca Smith owns a construction-management firm that does a lot of work overseeing the building of schools, jails and other projects for state and local governments. She explains why she is "disgusted" by President Obama's thesis that government had a significant role in her success.

A Univision interviewer asked President Obama if it wasn't true that he had broken his campaign pledge to introduce a comprehensive immigration reform package early in his presidency. That was a place Obama wasn't willing to go.

The Florida Everglades can be a contentious place. Politicians, conservationists and farmers never seem to agree on much. Debate among scientists tends...

A Senate committee in Tallahassee unanimously passed a bill that would set standards for how to swiftly notify the public about pollution. It’s an issue…

The Democratic-led House of Representatives voted for just the third time in American history to impeach a sitting president. Trump's allies in the Senate will very likely preserve him in office.

Ignoring the conclusions of a Senate special master, a key committee voted along party lines Monday night to uphold Gov. Ron DeSantis’ ouster of Broward…

"Anywhere we could put a warehouse has been destroyed by floodwaters and may not be safe for storing supplies," one aid group says of the widespread destruction brought by Hurricane Dorian.

There is another opioid crisis happening in the U.S., and it has nothing to do with the overdose epidemic: Hospitals are frequently running out of...

A bill that would prohibit local governments from regulating any requirements imposed on employers relating to minimum wage and conditions of employment...

NPR's Noel King talks to Raphael Warnock about his election victory, which puts control of the U.S. Senate within the Democratic Party's reach. The other Senate runoff is too close to call.

The usually quiet coastal city of Brunswick, Ga., has largely escaped major racial protests but outrage about Ahmaud Arbery's death has evoked talks about a corrupt criminal justice system and racism.

Answers to your COVID-19 questions about how to handle Halloween trick-or-treaters, whether it's safe to eat in a restaurant's outdoor bubble and whether you can be infected through your ear canal.

Australia's unprecedented fire season scorched sections of rare, ancient rainforests. It's another signal that climate change is intensifying and expanding wildfires globally.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., about a proposed bipartisan coronavirus relief bill.

If you listened to the polls, Joe Biden was going to win Florida. Here's what actually happened.

The Trump administration has given states ways to restrict spending on the government insurance program for low-income Americans. A Biden administration would expand Medicaid coverage.

November 7 has arrived — the election is over but political debates continue. Steve Inskeep talks to conservative columnist David Frum and pollster Mark Mellman about election night results. Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Mellman is CEO of the Mellman Group.

After more than a year of closures and reflection, Broadway is back making changes to who is represented on stage.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with author Katie Roiphe about her essay on the #MeToo movement in this month's Harper's Magazine. It's called "The Other Whisper Network."

OJ Simpson's family announced that he died of cancer Wednesday at age 76. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with sports writer Dave Zirin about the contradictions of the football star acquitted of murder.

How did the coconut tree emerge as the emblem of the vice president's most devoted, or at least most-online followers? It's a story more than a year in the making.

Emmitsburg is home to the National Fire Academy, effectively the war college for U.S. firefighters. The Trump administration's decision to halt classes has some townspeople pondering their votes.