The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn't have the death penalty.

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports.

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.

Two letters from different groups of senators call for answers from the Trump administration about pauses in scientific communications and funding.

After Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel to continue in jobs past Friday, unions ...

Marko Elez had recently been given special access by a federal judge to highly sensitive payment systems in the Department of ...

Jesse Eisenberg plays characters who spend a lot of time grappling with anxiety. That includes his role as David in his latest movie, A Real Pain, which he also wrote and directed.

The move would rename the United States Postal Service building at 2600 Wesley St. to the Cooper Dawson Post Office Building.

Congress holds the power of the purse. But President Trump and Elon Musk are swiftly using executive actions to dismantle federal programs funded and approved by Congress.

School vouchers are a top priority for Gov. Abbott in Texas, where the legislature is poised to pass a $1 billion plan. Democrats say the money would be better used to strengthen public schools.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Emily Kwong and Regina Barber of Short Wave about the fluid dynamics of crowds, an early fossil of a modern bird and new data on how people's moods change through the day.