Several states that have recently experienced natural disasters have asked FEMA for federal disaster aid but have been either partially or fully denied with little explanation.

The decision reverses course on the use of consent decrees to ensure accountability of law enforcement agencies. It comes ...

We asked some of our trusted critics which upcoming books they are most looking forward to. Here are the fiction and ...

NPR spoke with two international students about their decision to continue speaking out despite the government's aggressive ...

Agents have typically taken a commission on the sale of a home that totals 5% to 6% of the price. But new rules have created ...

Many of the CDC's newsletters have stopped being distributed, workers at the CDC say. Health alerts about disease outbreaks, ...

The car you drive years in the future might run off a battery being invented in a lab today. Companies in China and the United States are racing to perfect and scale up next-generation technologies.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Rep. Mike Lawler about Republicans' divisions that threaten to derail the ongoing ...

The massive tax and immigration bill at the heart of President Trump's second term plans faces continued resistance from both moderates and hardliners.

After a three-year pause because of problems with execution drugs, Tennessee is resuming the practice saying it now has a safe way to administer a lethal injection.

There's a federal law that helps homeless students get an education. It's administered by the U.S. Education Department, and schools worry there's no plan for the program if the department closes.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio faces another grilling on Capitol Hill, a day after his testy exchanges with his former colleagues on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.