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Senators are closing in on a bipartisan deal on the border and immigration. But vocal opposition from the hard right and former President Donald Trump is threatening to topple the compromise.

This year, animals made their marks with encounters that ranged from sad to creepy to cute.

Scientists are looking at the ways humans change the planet — and the impact that has on the spread of infectious disease. You might be surprised at some of their conclusions.

President-elect Trump promised to close the Department of Education. We asked several education policy experts what the impacts of doing so would mean for students and the country.

For more on House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's surprising primary loss, Audie Cornish speaks with former Republican Rep. Tom Davis.

President Trump's efforts to cut federal programs and fire watchdogs are drawing attention to 1970s-era government reforms.

Trudeau has been called "dashing," hip and a #hottie. President Obama will host him at a state dinner Thursday, the first time the White House has welcomed a Canadian leader in nearly 20 years.

Exit polls suggest Donald Trump's early lead may hold up, and that Rubio's in for a disappointing night, says NPR's Ron Elving.

The Washington Post declined to make an endorsement in this year's presidential race. Its editorial board has written that GOP nominee Donald Trump is unfit for office.

The British government hid a billion dollar plan to rescue Afghans who assisted its troops after a data leak exposed them to Taliban retaliation.

Former baseball player Steve Garvey, a Republican, will face off against Rep. Adam Schiff in California's senate race. The mostly Democratic state hasn't elected a GOP Senate candidate since 1988.

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Republican Rep. Marianette Miller-Meeks about the vote to ouster Kevin McCarthy as speaker of the house.

It's felt like a head-spinning week on the topic of redistricting. We take stock after a major Supreme Court ruling and yet another state passing a new congressional map.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with three Black bookstore owners to gauge how they've fared since 2020's high-profile deaths of Black people caused a surge in sales and if customers stayed engaged afterward.

Andrew Limbong and BA Parker from the Books We Love podcast are revisiting Terry McMillan's classic, Waiting to Exhale.

In a society where black people have power, beating children and posting it on social media is just as much about performing respectability as it is punishing wrongdoing.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with writer Todd S. Purdum about his last interview with Rob Reiner and the filmmaker's legacy as an advocate.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer about her new book True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership and Everything in Between.

Members of the North Fork Community Choir in Paonia, Colo., aim to set aside their opinions on big topics when they sing. When differences arise, they figure out creative solutions to stay in harmony.

Dan Diamond, who covers the Dept. of Health and Human Services for Politico, says the number of HHS leaders who previously worked in the anti-abortion and anti-LGBT movement is "unusual and notable."