It's common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

Trump has long felt that Japan and other wealthy allies take advantage of the U.S., racking up big trade surpluses, while ...

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass many of Trump's top policy priorities without threat of a Senate filibuster.

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing on "gender ideology." But the term is loaded, without a universal definition ...

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor disclosures, an NPR analysis finds.

Picture book author Mac Barnett has been named the Library of Congress' new ambassador for young people's literature. He discusses what the role means when engaging kids in reading can be a struggle.

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general called for them to lay down their guns and agree to mediation.

Frazier in his final words criticized Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for not returning him to serve out a previous life sentence in her state, which doesn't have the death penalty.

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' ...