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Democrats on Capitol Hill clashed with the acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan on Wednesday over the deaths of five migrant children, who died after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border.

Lori Lightfoot, former head of a police oversight board, will also be the city's first openly gay mayor. She campaigned as being independent in a city known for its political machine.

The U.S. has delivered powerful blows to al-Qaida and ISIS. So what should the U.S. do now to combat terror?

Democratic congressional candidate Aftab Pureval, joined by former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, stood before about 125 supporters at a Cincinnati home on…

Mike Pesca's new book imagines 31 counterfactual "what ifs" in sports, from home runs taken off the board to a boycott of the 1936 Olympics in Hitler's Germany.

Progressive candidates beat more centrist Democrats in key races Tuesday night in the types of competitive districts the party needs to win to take back the House this fall.

New talks on Capitol Hill about a government spending proposal signal the White House is backing down from its demand for $5 billion for a border wall as they try to fashion a deal before Friday's deadline

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Robert Mahoney, deputy executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, about the hundreds of journalists jailed worldwide in 2018.

The officers were charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and official misconduct for allegedly exaggerating the threat the 17-year-old posed to officers.

Like protagonist Starr Carter, Amandla Stenberg grew up in a black neighborhood, but attended an overwhelmingly white school. She stars in the adaptation of the novel about a fatal police shooting.