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House Republicans have elected Rep. Mike Johnson, R-La., to be the next speaker. He will take office with just over three weeks before government funding expires on Nov. 17.

Tax-exempt social welfare groups have become the vehicle of choice for big political contributions.

Radio Campesina has a big goal this year: combat misinformation about elections among Arizona Latinos.

Egon Overgaard of Longville Completes the Appalachian Trail

In the second part of this Dig Deep conversation with Aaron Brown and Chuck Marohn they continue the conversation about how different the 2020 elections…

We continued our Making Sausage conversation today to try to make sense of what is happening at the MN Legislature at the end of session. Briana…

Netflix's Britney vs Spears and Hulu's Controlling Britney Spears — released right before an important hearing on the singer's conservatorship — piece together how Spears lost control of her life.

Hawley is calling for a "revival of ... manhood in America." Kristin Kobes Du Mez, a Calvin University professor and the author of Jesus and John Wayne, explains how masculinity is a political issue.

Florida has become go-to for Republican politicians holding meetings and fundraisers. Part of the reason is the relaxed COVID restrictions, but warm weather and political winds are big draws, too.

Chancellor Angela Merkel looks set to return for a fourth term as Germans head to the polls Sunday. But who her coalition partners will be, and how influential a far-right party will be, are unclear.

The White House tweaked its reaction to the events in Charlottesville, Va., saying the president condemns white supremacists, KKK, neo-Nazi and all extremist groups. Trump supporters are reacting.

With limited accomplishments chalked up, as he approaches 100 days in office, the president still seems to be stuck on one thing: how many people are tuning in.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is going through the worst period of his premiership so far — but he's bounced back before. Can he do it again?

Speaker Paul Ryan said on Friday that his party was going through "growing pains" as the Republican health care bill failed. Now Republicans have to figure how to pick up the pieces and figure out how to govern, or risk another leadership crisis in the House.

In Las Vegas, a team of water officers patrol city neighborhoods to make sure people aren't wasting water. Fines, the city has found, have helped reduce wasted water in an area that's in drought.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Patrick Howley, editor in chief of the website Big League Politics, about why it published a picture from Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam's yearbook page.

President Clinton went to North Carolina today to address the annual convention of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His appearance before the civil rights group came after his Republican opponent, Bob Dole, was criticized for turning down an offer to appear before the group earlier in the week. Dole said he had a scheduling conflict, but some of his opponents took the opportunity to say that Republicans had written off the black vote in their effort to cater to the more conservative wing of the party. NPR's Elizabeth Arnold reports.

Activists want the federal government to officially declare New Mexico's Gila River a "wild and scenic river."

President Bush and his aides ponder their course of political action as the administration seeks to recover from Friday's indictment of a senior White House official and the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.

In cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, Republican state legislatures sought to block decisions issued by state supreme courts based on the states' respective constitutions.