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House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to hold a vote as soon as this week on Republicans' massive tax and border security package. But internal splits make it unclear he has the votes to pass it.
A manhunt is still underway to capture the remaining men still at large after escaping a jail in New Orleans on Friday. The sheriff responsible for the jail says she's not running for re-election.
NPR's Michel Martin speaks with economist Jason Furman about the current state of the American economy as another bond market selloff has caused concerns.
The state of New York is doing away with allowing kids as young as 11 to deliver newspapers. We take a look back at this iconic summer job.
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Minneapolis' former police chief, Medaria Arradondo, as he reflects on the murder of George Floyd five years ago.
How did the murder of George Floyd affect onlookers and online witnesses? Rev. Frenchye Magee, Professor Zinzi Bailey, and attorney Antonio Romanucci reflect on the response.
The DOJ will call off its investigation into the Minneapolis and Louisville police departments over widespread misconduct, almost five years after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
NPR's Michel Martin talks with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison about American justice since the police killing of George Floyd five years ago.
In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, President Trump accosted visiting South African President Cyril Ramaphosa with a montage of video footage Trump claimed proves there was a genocide against ...
As attendees departed an event held by a Jewish advocacy organization in D.C. on Wednesday night, a shooter opened fire, killing two. Later, he chanted "free Palestine," D.C. police officials said.
The DOJ announced it will drop lawsuits against Louisville and Minneapolis that would have required them to address what the Biden administration found to be widespread patterns of police misconduct.
A decades-old mystery involving Jim Morrison of The Doors has been (somewhat) solved. The singer's bust was stolen from a Paris cemetery in the 1980s. Authorities have found it in a separate probe.