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The congressional hearing was oftentimes contentious with the head of Planned Parenthood defending her organization and explaining that it does not receive federal money for most abortions.

Opening arguments were today in the first jury trial related to the Jan. 6 insurrection. A lawyer for defendant Guy Reffitt says he's simply a big talker.

Companies from Ford to Microsoft are part of a growing protest over how the social media giant handles hate speech and other harmful content.

Florida’s spiraling housing affordability crisis has sent protestors to the streets across the state.

U.S. officials approved the deal in September, months after Iran emerged from sanctions.

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection is asking fellow members of Congress to cooperate in the probe.

Scott Simon talks with Rep. Bennie Thompson about the Jan. 6 hearings. The Mississippi Democrat chairs the committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

Wednesday marks the 30th anniversary of Hands Across America. In 1986, six and a half million people held hands across the nation to fight homelessness and hunger.

From France to Australia, India and the U.S., cartoonists around the world paid tribute to their colleagues at the French magazine that was attacked today.

The Biden administration plans to unveil another strategy to fight the latest COVID-19 surge driven by the delta variant, after a series of setbacks and missteps in the battle against the pandemic.

The French president set a goal of completing the work in five years. Hundreds of millions of dollars were raised toward the effort one day after a fire at the cathedral.

Often called the "show me your papers" law, Arizona's SB1070 sparked protests, boycotts, and lawsuits after it was signed into law in 2010.

The parcel, along with the company that owns it, is on the market for more than $300 million. To sweeten the deal, the buyer would also get about 160,000 head of cattle.

The government lost track of thousands of kids it had separated from families trying to cross at the U.S.-Mexico border. Now the administration has six months to find them.

At least one person was seen falling from the building, as a large crowd on the street watched people try to climb down using ropes or cables.

The founder of the Oath Keepers and four others individuals linked to the far-right, anti-government group go on trial Tuesday on seditious conspiracy and other charges stemming from the Jan. 6 riot.

Closing arguments in the landmark seditious conspiracy trial against five Proud Boys focused on their own words and the words of former President Trump.

To do more quality checks on the data needed for redrawing voting maps, the Census Bureau is now planning for a release by Sept. 30. The delay puts pressure on states facing tight election deadlines.

All the available evidence suggests that a miniscule number of noncitizens vote illegally in federal elections and not in numbers that would sway the outcome of any race.