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On Wednesday, a federal judge in Texas will hear arguments from Republicans who want him to strike down the health law and from Democrats who say the law is constitutional and should stay in place.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks to Adm. James Stavridis. He led the NATO Alliance in global operations (2009-2013) and is the former dean of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University.

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

As both sides of the Stand Your Ground issue weigh in, what impact could a Florida judge calling legislative changes to the state’s Stand Your Ground...

State employees will be getting a pay raise this year, under a proposal now heading to the Senate floor. But, it’s tied to a controversial pension...

It’s not exactly a Dickens novel, but the tale of two Floridas represents a stark contrast on how people in the Sunshine State view the coronavirus pandemic.

The focus remains on keeping Congress open. There haven't been any discussions of shutting down public galleries or limiting tours.

Trump has gone beyond the typical sports fan's laments. He's circled back, again and again, to the idea of resuming play.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Annette Anderson of the Johns Hopkins Center for Safe and Healthy schools, about the implications as several states start rolling back mask mandates in schools.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Austan Goolsbee, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, about the health of the U.S. economy.

In The Sultan of Byzantium, Turkish author Selcuk Altun takes his hero into forgotten corners of the city, where once-majestic monuments go unnoticed amid the bustle of daily life.

The virtual Democratic National Convention kicks off Monday night. NPR discusses what to expect.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Dr Annie Sparrow about the public heath concerns surrounding the 2021 Olympic Games.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Texas Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer, who organized a letter signed by nearly 500 state legislators imploring Congress pass the For the People Act to expand voting rights.

The arguments before the justices did not deal directly with the state’s ban on abortions after six weeks. Instead, they centered on the unique mechanism in the law that gives state officials no role in enforcement.

The Hulu series Dopesick depicts the start of the opioid addiction crisis in the U.S. As the crisis continues to grow, here's how you can help those affected in your community.

A new look at nearly 3.7 million-year-old fossil footprints uncovered in Tanzania shows that multiple species of early humans lived together at the same time.

Thomas Lane pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter in George Floyd's killing. The state is recommending a sentence of three years in prison.

The Senate debates the nomination of Priscilla Owen for a federal appeals court judgeship. But much of today's debate has been over the Republican leadership's interest in ending the minority party's right to filibuster judicial nominees. Ending the right to filibuster nominees has been dubbed the "nuclear option."

Abu Akleh, a Palestinian American, had been covering a military raid on the Jenin refugee camp "when she was shot in the face by a single bullet, despite wearing a press vest," Al Jazeera said.

It can be hard to navigate etiquette in the midst of interpersonal conflict. Rachel Wilkerson Miller, editor-in-chief of Self, gives advice in three sticky situations.

As international charities pulled out or faced funding issues after the Taliban takeover, Aseel, an online business that sells local crafts, wondered: Could it help ease the rising wave of hunger?

Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein failed to show up in an Iraqi court Wednesday after declaring the day before that his trial on charges of orchestrating the killings of 140 Shiite villagers in 1982 was unjust. The trial is now in recess until December 21. Madeleine Brand discusses the latest developments with New York University law professor Noah Feldman, author of What We Owe Iraq: War and the Ethics of Nation Building. Feldman says Saddam is making a mockery of the court and effectively derailing the trial.

The continent's largest democracy and biggest economy holds a presidential election Saturday that's come down to a race of three leading candidates.

The killing of children's author Volodymyr Vakylenko has become a symbol of Russia's war on Ukrainian culture. His last work was a diary of life under Russian occupation.