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President Bush tells the nation in televised Oval Office speech on illegal immigration that "America can be a lawful society, and a welcoming society." The president plans to send 6,000 troops to help tighten the U.S.-Mexico border. But he also called again for a guest-worker program.

In exchange for their release, the U.S. released five Iranian prisoners and gave Iran access to $6 billion in oil revenues that were previously frozen under sanctions.

Utah spends just over $6,000 per student; New York and the District of Columbia spend over $18,000.Here's a map showing state-by-state figures.

Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents say they prefer former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders over the rest of the Democratic field just ahead of Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

The environment will likely be a top story in Florida in the upcoming year. 2019 has been one of the hottest on record. King tides were some of the...

A Senate candidate in Arizona raised eyebrows with comments about McCain a day before he died. A Trump ally is vying to be governor of Florida, where a gun debate was reignited by a weekend tragedy.

NPR takes a final look at the top House and Senate races and what is at stake in the next Congress.

Ninety percent of the West is under drought. Concerns of another bad fire year come as one farming community in Washington state has barely started cleaning up from a destructive fire last year.

Rachel Martin talks to food writer Mark Bittman about his new cookbook, "How to Cook Everything Fast," which thumbs its nose at the French tradition of having ingredients prepped before you cook.

The surf is always up in Waco, Texas, thanks to an artificial wave so good it's attracting top professionals and casual riders. It's a sign of just how far the technology of wave making has come.

A top corrections official offered a stark picture of Florida’s prison system Wednesday, warning that lawmakers must boost salaries of corrections workers to avert a looming disaster as the system grapples with high turnover rates, dangerously low staffing levels and fatigued employees.

Former Democratic Gov. Terry McAuliffe is emphasizing the issue heavily as he faces a tight race against Republican businessman Glenn Youngkin. It's the biggest campaign in the country this fall.

Government scientists warn climate change, on top of other pressures, could make such disappearances more common.

Melissa Block talks with Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins. As the chief-elected official of the county, Jenkins is also responsible for the Homeland Security and Emergency Management Department.

At home in Ohio during the pandemic, photographer Eslah Attar is using newfound family time to learn from her mother and sister how to bake traditional desserts ahead of Eid al-Fitr.

Critics say the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan emboldened the Russian leader, but former U.S. officials say past U.S. responses to Russian incursions were a bigger problem.

Despite years of warnings from top scientists around the world, Florida’s plan to address climate change only involves spending money to adapt to rising seas instead of cutting the emissions that cause them. In fact, the state has passed bills that work against those goals.

Some are looking to a gas tax holiday to bring relief to consumers faced with skyrocketing prices.

Now that the health care bill is law, an array of groups have switched to their post-passage game plans. Among their top goals: Helping shape the all-important regulations being written by the Obama administration.

Rep. Garret Graves was critical in helping Kevin McCarthy get the votes to be elected speaker. Now, he's taking the lead at the negotiating table on how to avoid a historic debt default.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken's trip shows the Biden administration is keen to reignite diplomacy and inject stability to its dealings with China, but whether it was a success remains to be seen.

Timber used to be the economic engine of Ketchikan, Alaska, but after the pulp mill there closed in the '90s, the town turned to tourism.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has slowed restorations of voting rights for the formerly incarcerated while failing to specify what criteria he's using, sparking a federal lawsuit.

President Biden's pick for the next director of the CDC is Dr. Mandy Cohen, an internal medicine physician with experience in state and federal government.

What puzzles most people — like solving a Rubik's cube — makes sense to Max Park. And the world of speedcubing has helped the autistic 21-year-old crack the code on what might come easy to others.