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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is bringing up bills that are putting Republicans on the spot — like a measure to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. It's pre-election-year positioning — and Republicans are trying to do the same.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Margus Tsahkna, foreign minister of the Baltic nation of Estonia, about President Trump's scheduled summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Australia's government, which announced earlier this month that it would be moving refugees off of Nauru, confirmed to media that it will pay $350 million annually to keep the Nauru facility open.

Medicaid beneficiaries receiving gender-affirming care are now responsible for paying the costs. The four plantiffs, including two children, say the treatments are “medically necessary, safe and effective.”

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Meadowlark Media's Howard Bryant about the drama at the Australian Open, and also about the NFL playoffs kicking off this weekend.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Fionnuala Ni Aolain, U.N. special rapporteur on counterterrorism and human rights, about her visit to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Special counsel Robert Mueller hasn't recommended any more indictments in his report submitted Friday. It's not yet clear what he found about Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

When writer Raymond Carver died in 1988, the Times of London christened him "The American Chekov." The epitaph has stuck. Author Susan Jane Gilman has the review of a new, 578-page biography entitled "Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life."

Elizabeth Edwards, wife of former Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards, has survived campaigns, cancer, the death of a child and her husband's infidelity. In her new book, Resilience, Edwards discusses the adversities she has faced — and her efforts to move on.

World War I left many soldiers with disfiguring scars. For those whose faces were no longer recognizable, an American artist, Anna Coleman Ladd, sculpted masks to cover their injuries.

Leena Gade of Audi Sport oversees mechanics, engineers and drivers. In 2011, she became the first female race engineer to win the Le Mans.

Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has resigned to avoid facing impeachment. In a televised address, he said he wanted to spare Pakistan of an impeachment battle. The former military ruler was a key U.S. ally in the war on terrorism.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rep. Jackie Speier, Democrat of California and member of the House Intelligence Committee, about the indictment of 13 Russian nationals.

One elementary school is less than a mile away from the protest zone where there have been nightly clashes with police. So for some kids, the first day of school might be more stressful than usual.

More than 700,000 Floridians selected or were automatically re-enrolled in Obamacare plans during the final week of regular enrollment, bringing the...

George Packer's The Unwinding explores the social and economic upheavals that have transformed the U.S. over the past 30 years. In a nuanced work of literary journalism, colorful characters from across the class divide tell their own stories of a social contract in tatters.

Flores alleges that the league is "managed much like a plantation" charging that its 32 owners, none of whom are Black, profit from the labor of its players, 70% of whom are African American.

Troops from several European countries, including France, Germany, Norway and Sweden, are arriving in Greenland after talks between Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. on Wednesday highlighted disagreement.

With a few exceptions, all the policies sold on New York's health insurance marketplace won't pay for routine expenses from doctors or hospitals not in their networks.

The short answer is yes, the money did help students make up for the learning they missed during COVID. But it didn't get them all the way there.

To mark the centennial of her father's birth, Jamie Bernstein talks frankly about her new memoir, tracking her life as the daughter of the legendary composer.

Some companies and researchers think smart computers might eventually help with provider shortages in mental health, and some consumers are already turning to chatbots to build "emotional resilience."

The St. Petersburg Arts Alliance began the city’s Second Saturday ArtWalk soon after the organization came into being in 2012.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney plans to give a speech on the tradition of religious tolerance in America. He's expected to talk about how his Mormon faith would inform his presidency if he's elected. Polls show rival Mike Huckabee pulling ahead of Romney in Iowa.

Haitians cast ballots to elect a new leader, nearly two years after President Jean-Bertrand Aristide went into exile after a violent uprising. More than 3 million registered voters are being encouraged to cast ballots despite recent violence.