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The 900-page tax and policy package fulfills several key campaign promises but also makes cuts that could boot millions from health care and food assistance programs.

The annual contest for students in grades four through 12 is back for its eighth year — this time with a special prize for a podcast that marks the 250th anniversary of the United States.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on a string of recent — and suspicious — deaths of Russian journalists and dissidents.

Duke University has decided to stop honoring roommate requests made by incoming freshmen — returning the procedure largely to chance. Vice President for Student Affairs Larry Moneta tells NPR why.

Paula Reed remembers walking out into the sunshine of a beautiful day when kids ran by yelling, "They've got guns."

Hawaii is the only U.S. state to have once been an independent monarchy. Its last queen, Lili'uokalani, fought the influence of the white sugar planters who controlled most of the islands. But they managed to overthrow her and annex Hawaii to the United States in 1898.

There are just two weeks until Selection Sunday, the day the teams and seeds of the NCAA basketball tournament are announced. By then, three pairs of age-old rivals will have squared off in what may be their last games ever.

The Help has become a box-office smash, and the National Domestic Workers Alliance is using the film to raise awareness for real-life Aibileens and Minnys via its "Be The Help Campaign." A series of viewing parties across the country on Oscar night is designed to support the actresses who, with their work, honored domestic work and made it visible. NPR's Karen Grigsby Bates reports.

Was Judge Hannah Dugan trying to obstruct a proceeding or trying to run her courtroom when ICE agents came to arrest an undocumented immigrant? A federal jury will decide

A new NPR/PBS News/Marist poll finds 70% of Americans say things have become too unaffordable and have a dim outlook on the economy and President Trump's handling of it.