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Occupational Safety and Health Administration Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt (C) and National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Director John Howard (L) talk with House Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott (D-VA) before a hearing about the federal government's role in protecting workers during the novel coronavirus pandemic on Capitol Hill on Thursday.

Trump Officials Defend Their Handling Of Worker Safety During Coronavirus

They told lawmakers at a congressional hearing Thursday that federal agencies reacted swiftly, giving updated guidelines to employers at hospitals, nursing homes, meat-packing plants and warehouses.

A 2013 file photo of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, DC. New rules issued by the agency say that politically active nonprofits no longer have to disclose their donors to the IRS.

Dark Money Groups Get A Little Darker, Thanks To IRS

Advocates say it's a First Amendment issue. Critics say it's opening the door to secret money from foreign sources.

A Reporter's Experience Covering Sen. McCain

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with freelance reporter Melanie Eversley, who covered Capitol Hill for years. Eversley remembers Sen. McCain for the warmth and respect he showed the press.

Supporters of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Act (DACA), gay activists and others demonstrate outside the U.S. District Court 9th Circuit in Pasadena, Calif., in May. The Trump administration has been trying to convince courts that it is justified in ending an Obama-era immigration policy that shielded hundreds of thousands of young immigrants from deportation.

Immigration Debate Shifts To Texas Judge Who Blocked 2015 DACA Expansion

Texas and nine other states are asking a Texas court to force the government to reject renewals for young people currently enrolled in DACA and stop accepting new applications.

Rep. Ben Cline On The Mueller Report

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the Virginia Republican about the Russia investigation.

A rare photo of "type D" killer whales off South Georgia island, located between South America and Antarctica, shows the whales' blunt heads and tiny white eye patches.

Mysterious Type Of Killer Whale, Sought After For Years, Found In Southern Ocean

The notion that there might be some new kind of killer whale emerged in 1955, when photos from New Zealand showed a bunch of unusual-looking whales stranded on a beach.

Ed Sheeran's song "Thinking Out Loud" is now the target of two lawsuits alleging similarities to Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get it On" that infringe on copyright.

Ed Sheeran Sued For $100 Million Over Supposed Song Similarity

Sheeran is being sued over supposed similarities between his song "Thinking Out Loud" and the indelible Marvin Gaye hit "Let's Get It On."

Geoff Emerick at the University of The Arts in Philadelphia, 2006.

Geoff Emerick, The Beatles' Grammy-Winning Engineer, Dies At 72

The British engineer parlayed an early love of music into a career spent contributing to one of the most indelible legacies in pop music history.

The average American commute increased to 26.9 minutes in 2017 from 26.6 minutes the year before, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey.

Stuck In Traffic? You're Not Alone. New Data Show American Commute Times Are Longer

Newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau show Americans have spent an extra two and a half hours commuting last year compared to the year before.

First Look At 'American Ninja Warrior' Cincinnati Finals Airing Monday

We know how many. We just don't know who. NBC tells me that 13 contestants from the Cincinnati American Ninja Warrior finals airing Monday will advance...

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