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Lawmakers have been in a stalemate for over 60 days about funding the entire department, which includes agencies that oversee immigration enforcement, disaster relief, cybersecurity and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Insolvency means that a company cannot pay its bills today. That’s not so for Citizens Property Insurance Corp., Florida’s state-backed insurer.

How bad is E!'s new show, Bridalplasty? Oh, it's everything you think it might be, and then it's much, much worse than that.

In a career marked by firsts, Harris is no stranger to charting a new path. If she becomes the Democratic nominee, and beats Trump in November, she would be the first woman president of the U.S.

One of three women kidnapped and repeatedly raped for a decade before their escape, told her abductor today that her years in hell are over, while his are just beginning.

As world leaders gather for a climate summit in Madrid, some of the countries most vulnerable to climate change say they need improved forecasting tools.

Scott Simon talks with Vice News Correspondent Emily Green about the increased role of Mexican drug cartels in the avocado and lime business.

The White House has threatened Wikipedia's non-profit status, and Elon Musk has called for it to be defunded. NPR's Bobby Allyn speaks with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about the attacks.

Electric vehicles are the elephants in the room as the United Auto Workers strike for better pay and benefits. In an electric future, can unionized auto industry jobs survive?

The military has a suicide rate higher than the national average, but many proposed solutions haven't been implemented. This issue has been studied for more than a decade.

Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Blue Ribbon Baking Championship on Netflix, Lev Grossman's novel The Bright Sword, and more.

Homeowners are rebuilding after wildfires, but many won't be required by governments to use fire-resistant materials. Without such improvements, communities face harm again with the next fire.

The Senate votes against trimming a $106.5 billion emergency spending bill. The money will be used to fund operations in Iraq, hurricane relief and add-ons. One of the controversial additions is $700 million for relocation of a rail line along the Mississippi coast.

Inflation in March was the highest since December of 1981, with prices up 8.5% from a year ago. Rising prices are especially hard on low-income people, who spend more of their money on necessities.

Roughly a third of students at Florida Atlantic University are the first in their families to go to college. For many of them, walking onto campus can feel like crossing over into a whole new world.

Americans are divided on lots of issues. But a new survey shows people across partisan lines agree that the U.S. health care system needs fixing.

President Barack Obama unveiled a $3.6 trillion spending plan that pushes this year's deficit to levels not seen seen World War II. Longer term, though, the budget seeks to cut the deficit back to size by 2013. The budget can also be seen as a blueprint for the president's ambitious policy goals.

A high-speed rail line could soon connect Orlando and Tampa.Brightline got approval this week to negotiate for the right to use the median of Interstate…

The Federal Reserve will close a policy meeting, with officials expected to leave interest rates unchanged. But future hikes are possible, as the central bank wrestles with stubbornly high inflation.

Exxon Mobil Corp., the world's largest oil company, reports that higher oil prices drove its first-quarter profit up 7 percent from the prior year. Net income rose to $8.4 billion, from $7.86 billion in the same period a year ago.

The FAA's training academy in Oklahoma City is operating in spite of the government shutdown, but air traffic control trainees are still feeling its impact.

Eight months after President Obama signed the federal stimulus funding into law, states are seeing the money flow now. A health clinic in a low-income part of Nashville, Tenn., teachers in California and highway construction workers in Illinois were among the beneficiaries.

They argue they were "denied necessary and potentially life-saving obstetrical care" because their doctors feared fines, prison time and loss of medical licenses under the state's abortion restrictions.

In Portland, some nonprofits are borrowing an idea used in commercial real estate. Through master leasing, organizations support people who are unhoused by acting like their landlord.

As businesses reopen, many workers are worried for their health and would rather stay on unemployment. Many parents can't return to a workplace because they have no child care. What are your options?