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Biden signed three executive orders on immigration Tuesday, setting himself up to close in on a record set by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933.

Los Angeles has turned off the power to a home that hosted several large parties. The city said the resident violated public health orders meant to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Scott Thomson, a former chief of police in Camden, N.J., about the city's efforts to build a new police force from scratch.

After a few days of frigid conditions, mild temperatures will return to the greater Tampa Bay region — but with higher rain chances.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Gary Peters, ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, about his reactions to Postmaster Gen. DeJoy's testimony.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nickea Bradley, Houston's deputy director for emergency management, about the challenges of preparing for hurricane season amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The body of Congressman John Lewis crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge in Selma, Ala., on Sunday. It was a poignant moment at a hallowed place as the country honors the life of the civil rights icon.

Sudden demand flooded a county website and its phone lines. So CD Davidson-Hiers found herself in the middle of the chaos, fielding calls from residents eager to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Democrats on Capitol Hill have presented a wide range of proposals to reform policing in the U.S., after the killing of George Floyd and a wave of national protests.

This is the first time AHCA is focusing coronavirus vaccination efforts on the medically vulnerable, having first prioritized inoculations for health care workers and seniors older than 65.

In Fairfax County, Va., a high school once bearing the name of a Confederate general has been renamed John R. Lewis High School. The move to change the name was less contentious than expected.

J. Paul Taylor has found that some brain diseases, like Alzheimer's and ALS, are linked to a basic process inside brain cells. Scientists hope drugs that tweak the process can treat illnesses.

Wednesday is the deadline for Americans to file their tax returns. Thousands of IRS agents are still working from home, and many of the volunteers have been sidelined by the pandemic.

President Trump has once again inflamed racial tensions talking about police violence. He believes he's appealing to his base, but the divisive rhetoric may not help him come November.

Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger says he's faced unprecedented pressure from within the GOP to throw out ballots that would favor Democrats.

Cybersecurity experts are worried that political campaigns are still vulnerable to hacking efforts that plagued the 2016 campaign season.

This year feels like a horror movie, and a select group of filmmakers have taken the pandemic as inspiration. "Quar-horror" ranges from homemade shorts on YouTube to a movie filmed entirely on Zoom.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with bestselling author Bruce Feiler about his new book, Life is in the Transitions: Mastering Change at Any Age.

Petitions are piling up at the Philippines Supreme Court to overturn a new anti-terror law championed by President Duterte that could jail suspects without charge for up to 24 days.

Jeff Sessions made his last political stand in Alabama's Republican Senate runoff Tuesday, losing to former Auburn football coach Tommy Tuberville, a political newcomer endorsed by President Trump.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Valerie Jarrett, ex-co-chair of the 2008 Obama-Biden transition, about what's ahead for the Biden-Harris transition now that the GSA has enabled it to officially begin.

The head of the GSA on Monday authorized federal resources for the Biden transition, and for the first time allowed Biden's advisers to begin coordinating with the Trump administration.

President Trump and former Vice President Biden are laying out polar opposite plans for infrastructure and jobs. Trump's aim is to boost fossil fuels, while Biden wants to curb climate change.

Republicans in about a dozen states are pushing legislation to limit transgender people's rights. In South Dakota, a bill would forbid people from changing the sex on their birth certificates.

The president told House Democrats he won't back down from providing $1,400 direct payments in the COVID-19 aid package, but suggested checks could be more targeted, an idea Republicans have pushed.