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Congressional Republicans delivered on their first major legislative accomplishment of the Trump era on Wednesday, when the House voted 224-201 to pass the tax package.

President Trump says he is well liked in Britain, as he arrives for meetings with Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister Theresa May, during a visit that has prompted widespread protests.

A new NPR analysis shows that nearly 3 in 10 non-incumbent Democratic women are in races that either lean their way or are toss-ups. The same is true for only around 1 in 10 non-incumbent GOP women.

An orchid grower and investors spent nearly $800,000 to purchase property in Pinellas County they believed would give them a leg up in obtaining a...

Ellison Onizuka was one of the seven NASA astronauts who died in the 1986 space shuttle explosion. His daughter's high school soccer team gave him a signed soccer ball to take on the mission.

Democrats and Republicans in the Senate are at odds over access to past work experience for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks about the current vetting process with Kristine Lucius, a former staff director of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and current executive vice president for policy at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

Though new data privacy laws in Europe and California have put the tech industry on the defensive, it's moving to craft federal legislation that would pre-empt state laws.

As a child, John Chater remembers trying different kinds of pomegranates in his grandfather's yard. It spurred him to pursue a dream of diversifying America's crop beyond the red Wonderful variety.

In author David Kaplan's view, the top court has taken an increasing role in policymaking, having issued critical decisions on abortion, voting rights, gun control, health care — and the president.

A standoff is heating up between the Trump administration and local leaders who are trying to open facilities where people can use opioids under the eye of medical staff.

The issue of whether to allow Syrian refugees to relocate to the U.S. has become a top issue in this weekend's bitter Louisiana governor's race. Presidential hopefuls also have ads out on the debate.

For many people the holidays conjure images of sledding, hot cocoa and fireplaces, even with the unusually warm winter up north this year. Of course, none…

Speaking to Florida Republicans in the wake of a series of deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, GOP candidates for the White House largely stuck Saturday to…

Brown University student Sunil Tripathi disappeared just before the Boston Marathon bombing, and was accused of being involved in the attack. A new documentary looks at the effects of the allegation.

Pope Francis has called on all of Europe's Catholics to take in refugees. In Hungary, church leaders have been hesitant, and Catholic churches are conspicuously absent from relief efforts.

Chinese President Xi Jinping and President Obama agreed on at least one thing this week: They need to coordinate action to lower greenhouse gas emissions to combat climate change.

In the 1940s, recording engineers perfected new sound techniques that were used in World War II — and which launched a hi-fi revolution. Lloyd Schwartz reviews the new 53-CD Decca box set.

Eighty years ago, hurricanes weren't given human names. So the storm that devastated the Upper Keys in 1935 is known simply by the day it swept across…

British voters on June 23 will cast what some have called the most important vote of their lives — on whether the U.K. should remain in the European Union. Here's a guide to the main issues at stake.

Researchers analyzing recent drug spending in the U.S. say that high-priced drugs for rare diseases aren't having a widespread or significant effect on overall health care spending.