To imagine what kind of governor Bob Ferguson might be, it’s useful to look to his past as a politician and a chess player, Scott Greenstone reports.

In his last term, Trump reinstated the "Mexico City Policy," which prohibits groups receiving U.S. aid from offering or discussing abortion. This time he may even expand the policy.

The gorgeously enveloping new drama All We Imagine as Light opens on a warm, muggy evening in Mumbai. You feel immediately ...

President-elect Donald Trump's pick to lead the Justice Department, Matt Gaetz, is continuing to generate controversy, after an attorney says his clients testified about Gaetz's illicit activities.

President-elect Trump has said he wants to shutter the U.S. Education Department. Here's what it could look like if he succeeds.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with musician Wyatt Flores about his new album Welcome to the Plains and his honesty around mental health.

Conventional political wisdom says high turnout elections are good for Democrats. Well, 2024 says maybe not. So will Republicans rethink long-held positions on voting access?

President Biden's decision to let Ukraine use long-range missiles against Russia could escalate the war. But this may also make it easier for his successor to negotiate a peace deal.

As President-elect Donald Trump swiftly fills up his cabinet with loyal supporters, some messy – and public -- in-fighting is holding up a crucial economic appointment.

Parents get childcare help from peers and elders in this multigenerational community in Portland, Ore. It looks like an apartment complex, but shared spaces, meals and committees make it much more.

The monarch butterfly -- one of the most widely recognized and widely dispersed insects in North America -- is in trouble. Federal wildlife officials will soon decide whether it deserves protections ...

SpaceX and Amazon are asking the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to find the National Labor Relations Board unconstitutional. The federal agency is tasked with enforcing workers' right to organize.