Protests have grown tense and often chaotic at the Delaney Hall Detention Facility in Newark, N.J., in recent days, as activists and officials express anger at reports of inhumane conditions faced by ...

A U.S. Supreme Court ruling on Alabama's Republican-favored congressional district map means that the state's midterm elections will feature six GOP-leaning districts and one Democratic-leaning one.

It’s been one year since Louisville, Ky., promised to reform its police department with or without help from the federal government. Last year, the Trump administration walked away from a consent ...

MEXICO CITY — The United States military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats transiting in Latin America have killed more than 200 people since September, when the Trump administration began an ...

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Radio Iowa news director Kay Henderson about what’s at stake in 2026 primary races in Iowa on Tuesday. Democrats hope to pick up an open U.S. Senate seat and a ...

An Ohio lawmaker is backing the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act, which would permit teaching religion's impact on U.S. history. Opponents say it's a skewed view of history that could be divisive.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is moving forward with a controversial oil deal that he says will help the country survive President Trump’s trade war. Last week, Canada struck a deal with the ...

A new report from the Brookings Institution found about 145,000 children have been separated from their families during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Brookings author Tara Watson ...

Journalist Peter Canellos takes a look at the family background, childhood and college experience of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, who has written major opinions ending the federal right to ...

A Republican Congressman from Kentucky isn't afraid to tell his party or President Trump no. That has made Thomas Massie a national figure and a target of Trump's at the same time. Now Massie is ...

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with singer-songwriter Rostam {RAH-stum} about embracing his Iranian roots on his new album American Stories.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Democratic Rep. Bill Keating of Massachusetts about continued U.S. military strikes on suspected drug boats in Pacific and Caribbean waters.