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Nearly 20 House Republicans are breaking with leadership to force a vote on immigration legislation. Steve Inskeep talks to Republican Rep. Jeff Denham of California on why he's pushing for a vote.

Dr. Jay Wolfson, a health care law expert with the University of South Florida and Stetson University talks about the Supreme Court's decision and the…

In New York City, an instructor leads an indoor cycling class while participants at home around the country ride along — and compete with other riders — on special bikes outfitted with tablets.

Sociologists tracked stock trades in Finland and found that accounts belonging to chlldren under 10 years old wildly outperformed the accounts of adults.

Michigan's state house has voted to approve a "right-to-work" bill that would weaken the power of labor unions. Democrats walked out in protest. Audie Cornish talks to Rick Pluta of Michigan Public Radio.

Author and atheist chaplain Vanessa Zoltan finds spiritual meaning not in the Bible or the Torah but in secular texts.

What role has PAC funding played in House primary elections featuring members of the progressive group referred to as "The Squad?" NPR's Steve Inskeep asks Sarah Bryner of OpenSecrets.

Twelve Democratic presidential contenders took to the debate stage in Westerville, Ohio, Tuesday night. The issue of impeachment was at the top of the agenda.

FEMA has 280 certified detection dogs trained to find people in disasters, and it has another 80 that look for human remains. And they are the goodest boys and girls.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission says users of Medline's “Bed Assist Bars" can become entrapped within the bed rail or between the product and the side of a mattress when it's attached to a bed.

Naeher was injured in the Olympic semifinal loss against Canada. Naeher landed awkwardly trying to swat the ball away in the first half. She played for a few more minutes and then was substituted out.

Petty's classic album is being rereleased as Long After Dark Deluxe, including seven previously unreleased songs. Petty, who died in 2017, spoke to Fresh Air in 2006 about his influences.

The Biden administration's program to make community college tuition-free will not become a reality in this round of the president's spending priorities, leaving progressive groups disappointed.

Under the proposed legislation, Florida would join the Southern Rail Commission, a group of representatives from Southern states who lobby for passenger and cargo rail.

An innovative educational program in the Washington, D.C., jail asks incarcerated people how to stop gun violence.

Florida’s labor force has grown by more than half a million people since October.

Rising housing costs are pushing more seniors into homelessness, and now one in five homeless people are older than 55. One program rolls together Medicare and Medicaid funds to get seniors housed.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michele Steele of ESPN about the death of O.J. Simpson, Shohei Ohtani's former interpreter federal bank fraud charges, and golf's most prestigious tournament - The Masters.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's approach to curbing COVID-19 has slammed the breaks on the economy and caused untold pain for millions Filipinos, with hunger and begging on the rise.

Senate Democrats are huddling to discuss proposed changes to nursing home funding. Nick Evans reports the chamber’s spending plan alters the way...

Hamilton was the most award-winning YA author in American literary history, and the first Black author to win a Newbery Medal. A new collection showcases five of her most haunting novels.

Soccer legend Lionel Messi is coming to the United States to join Major League Soccer. He will be playing for Inter Miami, a franchise led by soccer icon David Beckham.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Scott Hechinger, defense attorney and justice reform advocate, about the disparity between Paul Manafort's sentence and some longer sentences given for lesser crimes.

Senate Republicans have introduced a third legislative stimulus package to deal with economic fallout from the coronavirus. The bill includes cash grants for many Americans and small business relief.

Candidate Biden heartened asylum-seekers stranded at the border with calls for a more humane policy. But a President Biden will be tested by the continued arrival of migrants from Central America.