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Georgia is poised to become the first state to elect a supporter of the right-wing QAnon conspiracy theory to Congress. The conspiracy's rapid spread and entry into politics are raising alarms.

From COVID-19 to education and election reform, lawmakers took up a wide range of issues during the 60-day session, along with passing a budget for the fiscal year that will start July 1.

The coronavirus crisis has paused much of the presidential campaign. President Trump has been a daily presence on television, but his likely Democratic opponent Joe Biden has struggled for attention.

While mass shootings prompt gun control bills in many states, conservative states are considering bills loosening gun restrictions. We meet an influential Idaho group that makes the NRA look liberal.

For weeks, Seattle nurses have been treating COVID-19 patients. They are confused and don't believe their hospitals are prepared. Nurses are collecting masks online and in neighborhoods.

For the second straight year, Memorial Day commemorations will be scaled back at cemeteries managed by the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Faced with the prospect of closing up shop because of the coronavirus, some companies are retooling and pivoting to keep their doors open, and their workers employed.

Investigators are working to confirm if the gunman in the Dallas shooting was the author of a manifesto posted on social media. The attack at a Black Lives Matter protest killed five police officers.

U.S. government safety regulators are formally recalling 1 million of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 smartphones over dozens of cases of exploding batteries. The move comes two weeks after Samsung issued its own voluntary recall of 2.5 million devices in 10 countries. Samsung was initially praised for moving quickly, but conflicting information, delays in providing replacement phones, and lack of coordination with safety officials turned the voluntary recall into a stumble that drove down Samsung's stock price.

Louisiana's governor is heading to the White House Friday. He wants the Obama administration to give the state billions of dollars to help in rebuilding after last month's flooding.

Hillary Clinton was able to maintain her status as frontrunner by leaning left of Bernie Sanders on gun control and to the right of him on socialism in the first Democratic debate of the 2016 race.

U.S. vaccine diplomacy is in full swing, especially in Southeast Asia. This distribution of millions of shots is an effort aimed in part at helping regain influence across several countries.

Glenn Derene, electronics editor at Consumer Reports, explains to Robert Siegel when to repair and when to replace a computer.

Ivermectin is a medication that's been around for decades, and it's been a miracle drug — against parasites. But now, ivermectin is the latest drug caught up in a COVID-19 controversy.

A graphic video showing a fake President Trump shooting and stabbing journalists and political adversaries was shown during a pro-Trump conference at the president's Miami resort last week.

Becca Meyers is a star for the U.S. Paralympic swim team. But she won't be in Tokyo, after being told her mother, who acts as her personal care assistant, can't join her.

Pundits and politicians have staked out their positions in the encryption dispute between Apple and the FBI. The same debate is playing out across the country between siblings, parents and children, and even husbands and wives.

Media correspondent David Folkenflik talks with Chris Hughes, owner and publisher of The New Republic, about last week's editorial shake-up at the 100-year-old publication.

Scott Simon speaks with Dr. Patrick Brennan, Chief Medical Officer of Penn Medicine, about the vaccine requirement adopted for all employees in May.

After the reopening of the Southern border with Mexico for vaccinated travelers, U.S. communities along the border hope for a boost in commerce, and families look for a return to normalcy.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Alice Hill, senior fellow for climate change policy at the Council on Foreign Relations, about how the coronavirus outbreak is impacting the environment.

The virus is the enemy, NIH Director Francis Collins said. "It's not the other people in the other political party." Omicron, which could soon become the dominant strain, is extremely infectious.

They range from Florida's law cracking down on protests to whether sports betting will be allowed in the state.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with tech journalist John Hendel about attending the Consumer Electronics Show this year and what the future of tech looks like.

Reading Zadie Smith's big-hearted, eloquent new essay collection is a lot like hanging out with a friend who's just as at home with pop stars as she is with philosophers.