Back in 2008 when the country entered a recession, states like Virginia took austerity measures to help balance their books.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is working with House Republicans to advance a budget bill that would allow Republicans to pass ...

The 19th century term describes the perceived right of Americans to use force or the threat of force to wrest desireable land ...

An attempt to identify and explain some of the biggest things that happened each week, and draw attention to some that have ...

President Trump signed a series of executive actions that would limit transgender and nonbinary people's rights by focusing ...

Some companies have announced diversity rollbacks — but many more are deleting or softening language from their investor ...

The rebels continued advances in eastern Congo despite their own announcement of a cease-fire. The U.N. secretary-general ...

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were ...

The Library of Congress has given Mac Barnett the job of promoting books and reading to kids across the country. His plan is ...

The House education committee is charged with forging consensus on the nation's education policy. But at a recent meeting, partisan differences were on full display.

Virginia's Republican governor is clashing with Democrats who run the General Assembly over the budget. And one of the flashpoints is immigration enforcement.

After Secretary of State Marco Rubio approved less than 300 essential personnel to continue in jobs past Friday, unions ...