A lot of companies want the EPA in charge of setting national climate regulations because it helps shield them from lawsuits ...

The suffering of America's gun violence crisis is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by decades of disinvestment and ...

A range of crime data has been going around to make the argument that Washington, D.C., is — or isn't — safe. We talk to ...

Parade, the Tony award-winning musical about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man, begins its run in Washington, D.C. amid an ...

For years, research has shown a digital divide when it comes to schools teaching about new technologies. Educators worry that ...

Immigration lawyers say Florida and the Trump administration are violating the rights of detainees held at a Florida detention center officials have dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz." ...

As President Trump vows to ban mail-in ballots and voting machines ahead of the midterms, NPR asks Wendy Weiser of the Brennan Center about the administration's track record on voting access.

President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and seven European leaders met to talk about ending the war that Russia started in Ukraine. NPR reports on the view from Moscow.

Despite objections from homeless advocates, the White House says more than 40 homeless encampments have been removed in D.C. since President Trump announced a federal law enforcement surge.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about how the city has been working to reduce violent crime, now at historic lows, according to city data.

California Democratic lawmakers are in Sacramento advancing a plan to overhaul the state's congressional map to counter a move in Texas that Trump is driving to get an edge in the 2026 midterms.

NPR's A Martínez asks former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba how the meeting between Presidents Trump and Zelenskyy is being seen in Ukraine.