It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while ...

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor ...

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

This week calls for some throwback thinking. If you can recall how Roman numerals work, you'll get at least one question ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have been overlooked.

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing on "gender ideology." But the term is loaded, without a universal definition ...

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

New administration moves to implement Trump's agenda at the Justice Department, big companies scrub mention of DEI from annual investor reports, and flu is spiking for a second time this season.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Nabil Fahmy, former Egyptian foreign minister and ambassador to the U.S., about how Egypt views President Trump's plans for Gaza.