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Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Google's Sundar Pichai go before the Senate Commerce Committee to defend Section 230, a law that protects them from lawsuits over users' posts.

This was a tumultuous year for the U.S. Supreme Court because of the unexpected death of justice Antonin Scalia. In 2017, a new president will likely mean the court will finally get a new justice.

The pandemic has reshaped social routines. Lots of people are worried about returning to a pre-coronavirus world of water-cooler talk and packed social schedules.

Judge Brenda Penny signed an order denying Spears' request to have her father, Jamie Spears, removed from control of her conservatorship.

State and federal officials say a suspect was taken into custody on Thursday night in connection with Wednesday's fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus.

The Taliban threatened the Yousafzai family in northern Pakistan for years because they were outspoken in supporting girls' education. NPR reporter Philip Reeves recounts his previous meetings with the family patriarch, whose daughter, 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai, is now fighting for her life.

After 12 years in power, how can a political party that presides over a strong economy lose a national election? CBC political satirist Rick Mercer discusses the follies of the campaign that led to Monday's vote in Canada. Mercer says scandal and a botched election campaign have provided lots of material for his trade.

Statements from President-elect Donald Trump raise questions about the incoming administration, big issues before the Supreme Court and progress toward nominating a ninth Supreme Court justice.

Save the Redwoods League purchased and donated the 523-acre area to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wildnerness Council, a group of 10 tribes that have been connected to the land for thousands of years.

As the debate over cancel culture grows, NPR's Ari Shapiro takes a look back at a similar phenomenon in the early 1990s: the moral panic over political correctness.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief Eliana Johnson and Washington Post politics reporter Amber Phillips about the overturning of Roe and developments on gun laws.

A long-awaited biography examines the life of Justice William J. Brennan Jr. and his influence during 34 years on the Supreme Court. Stephen Wermiel's interviews with Brennan during his lifetime reveal a man who defies the stereotype of the liberal justice trying to impose personal views on the law.

A new survey of high school principals reveals that political fights with parents and community members are on the rise and taking a serious toll.

Major changes are likely coming to North Carolina's voting rules. A bill would eliminate a three-day grace period for counting mail ballots and expand access for partisan poll watchers.

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with discussions over which man is best suited to next lead the church.

Criticism of "activist" judges predates the term and has come from both ends of the political spectrum. Democratic and Republican presidents alike have accused the courts of exceeding their constitutional role.

Some laundromat owners are teaming up with libraries to provide books, toys and even story time for kids forced to tag along on laundry day.

Democrats in the House of Representatives meet Thursday to elect leaders for the upcoming Congress. California's Nancy Pelosi is set to become speaker of the House. She's endorsed Pennsylvania's John Murtha to be the majority leader. But critics have raised questions about whether Murtha is the best person to end the culture of corruption in Washington.

While the president was laying blame on "both sides" for violence in Charlottesville, Republicans were meeting to hammer out a tax overhaul. But they worry about whether Trump can make the sale.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett fielded questions from senators on Tuesday on the second day of her confirmation hearings for the U.S. Supreme Court.