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After a week of high drama, another played out in the early hours of Friday with Sen. John McCain joining two moderate Republicans, two independents and every Democrat in voting against the bill.

After about two months in recess, Congress is back in Washington D.C., and people are hopeful there will be some agreement on what can be done to...

More women are becoming state lawmakers, but many legislatures still don't have family leave policies. That leaves new mothers little choice but to miss out on the lawmaking process.

Video of the assault, as well as the seeming inaction of apartment staff standing nearby, has drawn fury in and beyond New York. State and city authorities are investigating the attack.

Johnson & Johnson spun off liabilities — including roughly 38,000 lawsuits — linked to claims of asbestos contamination in its baby powder to a new firm, which then declared bankruptcy.

A map drawn for a Mountain Dew promotional campaign accidentally drew Michigan's Upper Peninsula as part of Wisconsin, which led NPR to wonder how Michigan got the Upper Peninsula in the first place.

Los Espookys co-creator and star Julio Torres joined It's Been A Minute to discuss the show, his designer parents, and why he likes to write for supporting characters.

A large number of poor high school students, who say they are continuing on to college, fail to show up in the fall. The reason is referred to as the "summer melt." Students face many hurdles over the summer including lack of resources and mentors.

The organization released the new curriculum for the Advanced Placement course after Florida rejected the pilot. The revisions removed units on Black feminist literary thought and Black Lives Matter.

"Our efforts paid" off, says Pakistan's foreign minister, claiming a global task force failed to reach consensus on punishing the country.

The proposal would temporarily extend deportation protections for some immigrants in exchange for funding for a border wall. But Democrats say the offer doesn't amount to much.

The strange tradition of a president pardoning a turkey before Thanksgiving happened again despite Trump holding few public events since losing — and not accepting — the 2020 election.

The Supreme Court's decision means President Trump's financial records will likely need to be turned over to a New York grand jury and could imperil his brand and fortune.

New Hampshire is proud to hold the first in the nation primary for presidential elections. But in an age of social media and cable news, can a state election still make a national difference?

Georgia's ruling party appears to have the votes to override the veto. Supporters say the law is about preventing outside influence. Critics say it's modeled on a Russian law to clamp down on dissent.

Yale University, Emerson College and New York University are among the schools where students are staging encampments calling for divestment from Israel.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Jen Golbeck, a professor at the College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland at College Park, about the app's ability to track its American users.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kurdish journalist Hiwa Osman and Farhad Alaaldin, of the Iraqi Advisory Council, about protests against U.S. airstrikes on bases belonging to an Iranian-backed militia.

As each year comes to a close, many of us look forward to what we'll take on in the coming 12 months. But for 2019 maybe it's better to leave some things behind, including the word "woke."

The president abruptly ended spending talks Wednesday after congressional Democrats rejected his demand for a $5.7 billion border wall. A partial government shutdown stretched into its 19th day.

The man behind the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans said in videos that he was inspired by ISIS and had joined the group this summer. This attack shows ISIS' resonance and resilience persists.

Collecting data about people has become $1 trillion industry, but keeping this information safe is proving near impossible. So, a small group of entrepreneurs and developers are building new technologies that don't rely on data as a digital currency.

A new documentary shows the rise and fall of the former congressman with unimaginable access. Co-directors Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg explain how they got the story.

There are more than 100 specialty license plates in Florida. The second most popular is providing a big help for sea turtles.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with tech journalist Cory Doctorow about how 2023 was the year when a lot of people pointed out that some important places on the Internet are getting worse.