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With a brief break in the storms hitting California, businesses in the Santa Cruz area are trying to clean up. Officials say true recovery can't begin until the last expected storm hits next week.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Rutgers University law professor Michael Carrier about the state of antitrust enforcement in the United States.

In a bombshell decision, a federal appeals court panel has invalidated President Obama's recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board. Legal experts say the ruling deals a big victory to Senate Republicans in an era of congressional gridlock, and could push the issue to the Supreme Court.

There are still some 10,000 civilians in the Ukrainian frontline city of Bakhmut. Many have left and some live in a shelter in a nearby town where they share stories of survival and loss.

When making predictions, Pop Culture Happy Hour host Linda Holmes follows this complicated formula: She looks at precursor awards, she considers Academy history — and she listens to her heart.

The president's CIA director was confirmed by the Senate Monday night. But Trump's Cabinet is still pretty thin at this point. Here's the status of his other nominees.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich is mathematically eliminated from getting a majority of delegates to get the GOP presidential nomination, but he polls well in a general election. Each loss strikes a hard blow.

One of the biggest questions from former FBI Director James Comey's testimony was whether President Trump asked him to drop the investigation into former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn.

This week Republican senators postponed a vote on their health care bill but continued to make changes. Also, President Trump received bipartisan criticism for a crude tweet.

An NPR/Ipsos Poll finds more than 70 percent of Americans say the shutdown is embarrassing for the country, will hurt the economy and the government should remain open while budget talks continue.

The president said on Monday that some lawmakers should be "ashamed" of themselves. Later in the day, he downplayed divisions in a Rose Garden appearance with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

DeSantis started the media conference showing some of the pages from the books that have been flagged.

We look at what came out of the annual House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference as well as the GOP's Conservative Action Conference — or CPAC. Both events were held in Maryland this past week.

Assistant Attorney General Brian Benczkowski kept clear of the special counsel investigation and stepped up enforcement to fight the addiction epidemic — and says more of that is coming.

Two Justice Department lawyers say their superiors took marching orders from the White House in politically sensitive cases. They're scheduled to talk to a House committee on Wednesday.

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro discusses the week at the White House and in the Joe Biden campaign with NPR's Domenico Montanaro.

By a 62%-28% margin, Americans view the demonstrations happening around the country as mostly legitimate protests rather than mostly people acting unlawfully, according to a new NPR Marist poll.

In his new book, scientist and author Dimitris Xygalatas explores how performing all kinds of rituals will have tangible impacts on our everyday lives

We have an update on the biggest stories in the 2018 Winter Olympics in the past week.

Bills will go up for many customers of Duke Energy Florida, Tampa Electric, FPL and Florida Public Utilities. They likely will increase again in the spring because of high costs of natural gas used to fuel power plants.

The United Nations and the European Union are among the groups that condemned Musk's sudden decision to suspend several journalists from the social media platform.

Tens of thousands of public sector workers — including rail workers and mail carriers — are striking December, in the largest series of labor actions the U.K. has seen in more than a decade.

The DOJ's arrests last week of those involved in a catalytic converter theft ring is emblematic of a dramatic rise in the auto part crime nationwide. How car owners can protect themselves.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has announced a new initiative that would allow authorities to more aggressively intervene to help people in need of mental health treatment.

Russia attacked Ukraine's energy system Wednesday, which is part of a continued effort that escalated Oct. 10. Ukrainian officials warn the energy system is teetering as the country enters winter.