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A new book reveals the tensions between Vice President Harris and President Biden — and how it led to Democratic failure in 2024.
Kerr County, Texas, experienced the worst of the flooding and has seen the highest death toll. NPR's Juana Summers describes the scene where she arrived Monday morning.
A century after a famous trial that centered on the teaching of evolution, science continues to be at the center of contentious public debates.
Medicaid programs go by so many different names across the country that advocates and experts warn people may not know they're losing their coverage until it's too late.
The U.S. men's national soccer team came into the Gold Cup missing many of its usual starters — but, in their absence, a ...
Families in the U.S. and much of the world are having so few babies, national populations are set to shrink and age. The ...
One debate that's sure to draw a lot of strong opinions and hot takes — does listening to an audiobook count as reading?
Elon Musk says he is launching a new political party. It comes after Musk's explosive breakup with President Trump. Musk has been critical of Republicans' support for Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill." ...
RFK Jr. stunned the global health world when he said the U.S. would halt funding the group that helps provide vaccines to many low-income countries. The study he cited is seen by others as dubious.
Louisiana Republicans celebrated the passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which President Donald Trump signed into law Friday, lauding it as a major boost to the economy, though Democrats warned ...
Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with ...
The deadly floods in Central Texas were caused by extremely heavy rain. Climate change is causing even more rain to fall during the heaviest storms.