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The Dow Jones advanced after Trump said he wouldn't fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell and on hopes of easing tensions over tariffs with China.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., chair of the House Intelligence Committee, about the continuing investigation on the Hill about Russian interference in the 2016 election.

What do you miss if you cut out newspapers, TV -- even radio -- entirely? Not much, according to Amy Webb, editor and founder of Dragonfire. Webb recently spent 30 days staying informed using new media alone.

The Sarasota City Commission this week debated if it needs an ordinance beefing up oversight of vacation rentals.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, a Democrat, has pleaded not guilty to 15 federal counts, including theft of government funds and money laundering.

G-20 leaders will likely leave Pittsburgh with an agreement to have banks build up their capital reserves while cutting back on bonuses and other forms of compensation. The new capital rules will be phased in and banks would have until the end of 2012 to meet the new requirements.

In Sonia Sotomayor's new memoir, My Beloved World, the associate Supreme Court justice opens up about her childhood in the Bronx. NPR's Nina Totenberg calls it a moving and unexpectedly personal look at the court's first Hispanic justice.

WARNING: Pictures and video may contain disturbing images.Roseann Fusco says the last thing on her mind when she agreed to get a steroid injection for…

Critic and author Jason Heller's new book traces the considerable influence of David Bowie on the science-fiction inflected music of the 1970s, from "Space Oddity" to the glittery glory of Funkadelic.

Note: Julia confirms this is her first sit-down one-on-one interview since she was appointed in August 2019.Chief Resilience Officer is a new position for…

Way back before the Dixie Chicks' multiplatinum records -- and the arena tours -- there were two musical sisters growing up in Dallas. Martie Erwin on fiddle. Her younger sister Emily on banjo. They became the instrumental heart of the Dixie Chicks, but now they're playing in their own group as well, writing songs about motherhood and growing older.

When Mitt Romney comes to Tampa for the Republican National Convention, he’ll be speaking to a local audience that’s been inundated – not just with rain,…

Carr was seen as a pretty conventional Republican with a pro-corporate outlook for most of his career. More recently, he has embraced Trumpian themes about social media, tech and television companies.

President Trump signed an executive order Friday that adds a $100,000 fee for high-skilled workers to enter the country through the H-1B visa program, creating panic for employers and workers.

President Trump travels to China this week to meet with his counterpart Xi Jinping. Trump wants to reshape the trading relationship between the world's two biggest economies.

Comedian Conan O'Brien received the Mark Twain Prize at the Kennedy Center on Sunday night, which David Letterman called "the most entertaining gathering of the resistance ever."

After narrowly escaping an earlier panel, state Surgeon General John Armstrong on Tuesday did not get a scheduled confirmation hearing before the Senate...

Believers in the figure known as "Saint Death" are paying homage, even as the Catholic church in Mexico rejects her.

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel about the debate on national security in the 2016 presidential race.

NPR's Asma Khalid talks with Rachel Balkovec, the new manager of the Tampa Tarpons and the first woman to manage a team at any level in Major League Baseball history.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Jezebel founder Anna Holmes about the shutdown of the publication.

GOP ads around the country for state and federal campaigns have featured themes on combating "Radical Islam" and "Sharia law," and warning of "Islamic movements" taking root.

In spite of growing calls for Congress to take action on AI, the House went home early and won't be back until after this November's midterm elections.

NPR's Melissa Block talks with Mark Bittman, author of "How to Cook Everything" and The New York Times food column "The Minimalist," about alternatives to the traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner. His suggestions range from leg of lamb to salmon.

Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Gen. Wesley Clark -- also a one-time contender for the Democratic Party nomination in 2004 -- discusses the ongoing violence in the Darfur region of Sudan, why the international community has been slow to react and why Americans should care about the ethnic and religious strife that has led to hundreds of thousands of deaths and countless refugees.