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Liz Cheney won her House seat big in 2020. But splitting with Trump over election legitimacy and chairing the Jan. 6 hearings has her trailing a pro-Trump challenger by 20 points in a recent poll.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to Ilya Marritz of ProPublica about how corporate donations to a Republican attorneys general group dropped off after Jan. 6, but they're rolling in again — two years later.

The Labor Department reports that the nation's unemployment rate rose 6.5 percent last month. The number of jobs lost were a lot higher than expected. The report indicates that the downturn in the economy this year has been even deeper and more dramatic than most economists had expected. The jobless rate is at a 14-year high.

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld laws in roughly half the states that ban transgender medical care for minors. The vote was 6-to-3, along ideological lines.

A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."

The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.

After raising $1.6 million, Church-by-the-Sea is on track to start the largest privately-funded living seawall project in Florida's history. It will use 3D printed designs to promote marine biodiversity, and is expected to attract enough oyster growth to filter one million gallons of water per day.

Writing for the 6-3 conservative majority, Justice Clarence Thomas said federal courts may not hear post-conviction evidence to show how deficient the trial or appellate lawyer in state court was.

State economists have pointed to new entrants to the job market needing more time to find work, as opposed to people losing their jobs as one of the culprits behind the rise in the jobless rate.

Janice Burgess, the Nickelodeon television executive who oversaw shows like Blue Clues, Little Bill, and The Backyardigans, has died at 72. She's remembered for inspiring kids' sense of adventure.

Colorado has been the talk of college football, but they were beat by the Oregon Ducks 42-6. NPR's Michel Martin talks to Washington Post columnist Kevin Blackistone, who appears regularly on ESPN.

Climate researchers at Northern Illinois University found that golf ball-size hail or larger will become much more common in the United States.

Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, is set to launch as early as 6:24 p.m. Wednesday.

That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.

About 10% of Black voters are undecided, Jolly said, with about 80% of siding with him. An NBC 6 poll shows Jolly with 76% of Black voters’ support and U.S. Rep. Byron Donalds, a Black Republican, with 10%.

The district is hosting a handful of community meetings to hear from residents about what they think of the plans for their neighborhood schools' futures.

In December 2020, Representative Jamie Raskin lost his son. A few days later, he watched in horror as America almost lost its democracy.

The sheer volume of loss felt by the music world in 2020 is almost overwhelming. Here is NPR's tribute to dozens of the musicians — founders and innovators across genres — who died this year.

Walter Hopps was a visionary and — long before Instagram — an influencer. The Menil Collection in Houston is showing works by 70 artists Hopps spotted, acquired, encouraged or enabled as a curator.

Since the conventions, Donald Trump has stumbled badly. That has moved voters in the direction of Hillary Clinton, giving her a sizable lead in the key states.