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President Trump may be losing his lock on white voters, who were critical to his 2016 win. NPR discusses why more white voters are supporting Joe Biden and what it means for Trump's reelection bid.

In California’s Silicon Valley, Facebook, Google and Apple have minted hundreds of new tech millionaires. But not far away, the homeless are building tent…

States nationwide are facing $200 billion in lost revenue due to stalled economies during the coronavirus pandemic. Many are asking the federal government to step in, or they say big cuts are ahead.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Washington Post's economics correspondent Heather Long about what the unemployment numbers say about the state of the country's economic recovery.

Communities around the US are rushing to spend billions in opioid settlement money paid out by Big Pharma. The Cherokee Nation is investing $100 million in treatment, harm reduction and a fight against stigma.

At least five people were killed and two boys injured Monday night when a gunman wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire in a Philadelphia neighborhood, police said.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with Sen. James Lankford about the White House visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the impeachment inquiry into President Trump.

On the eve of federal SNAP benefits hitting people's accounts, Louisiana is jumping in to fill the gap for the 1 in 5 state residents who use the program, but only for some of them.

While tens of thousands of public sector workers have lost their unions since a 2023 law went into effect, the United Faculty of Florida-FIU union is poised to stay alive and stronger than before.

The linchpin to retrieving $2.3 million, half the company's payment, was gaining access to the private key linked to the attacker's Bitcoin account. Here's how authorities may have gotten it.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with ProPublica editor Daniel Golden, who is author of the book Price of Admission, about ways the rich have manipulated the college admissions process for their kids.

In a northwest Philadelphia church, more than 40 people gathered to watch the hearings, calling for a moment of collective action.

The state's conservative legislature is now seizing on the debacle to leverage more influence on the school district.

If Congress doesn't fund the Department of Homeland Security this week, most DHS employees will likely be ordered to stay on the job — and make do without a paycheck until funding is restored.

Former Governor Jeb Bush is taking to the airwaves with his first commercial, saying during his time in office, he he cut spending and Florida led the…

Bloomberg View writer Joe Nocera talks with NPR's Scott Simon about what happened when American Airlines gave its employees a raise — and Wall Street complained.

Time magazine's Vera Bergengruen says Ukraine's citizen IT force, led by a 31-year-old minister of digital transformation, is blunting Russian disinformation and galvanizing international support.

A businessman from Dallas got a PCR test for the coronavirus at a suburban emergency room. The charge for his test was "egregious" but not illegal, say health care analysts. Here's what happened.

The senator was met with a standing ovation upon his return to the Democratic caucus.

Gas cooking stove manufacturers knew for decades that burners could be made that emit less pollution in homes, but they chose not to. That may be about to change.

Dozens of Marines from Darkhorse Battalion returned home with missing limbs and other injuries that will last a lifetime. Learning to cope with their injuries and figure out their futures is a slow, arduous process.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released preliminary data on Wednesday showing the number of births in the U.S. has dropped to the lowest level since 1979.

The U.K. has lowered taxes on draft beers in pubs, in what it's calling its biggest shakeup to alcohol tax in a century. But taxes on other alcoholic beverages are rising, so not everyone is cheering.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is set to unveil a GOP proposal this week that is facing some opposition among GOP senators and the White House.

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney delivered an economic address at Ford Field, home of the Detroit Lions, on Friday in advance of the state's primary on Tuesday.