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On Friday alone, there were 195,000 new confirmed cases of the virus and 1,878 deaths. The U.S. has been adding 1 million cases every six days.

Thanksgiving dinner is a quintessentially American experience. So how does it feel for people spending their first Thanksgiving in America?

Five years after Congress expressed alarm at rape in U.S. prisons, the Justice Department is in danger of missing a deadline for new standards targeting the problem. An unusual coalition of groups is calling for action, but corrections officials say wholesale changes will cost too much.

What do the latest unemployment rates mean for the U.S. economy? NPR's Noel King speaks with Heidi Shierholz of the Economic Policy Institute and Claudia Goldin of Harvard University.

David Greene talks to Korea scholar Jean Lee of the Woodrow Wilson Center about North Korea's decision to release three American hostages ahead of a U.S.-North Korea summit.

This week, Steve and Thomas discuss the upcoming National Championship Game, The streak the Columbus Blue Jackets are on, the trades the Cleveland…

Next week, leaders of the House Oversight Committee are expected to meet with the director of the Office of Government Ethics, who has been under fire for admonishing Trump to divest his businesses.

The report says many state laws that make it harder for women to get abortions don't have a medical purpose and can make outcomes worse.

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Dr. Umair Shah, executive director of public health and environmental services in Harris County, Texas, about what they're doing to prepare their community for Zika, and how they're paying for it.

Renee Montagne talks to David Wessel about taxes. Wessel is director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, and a contributing correspondent to The Wall Street Journal.