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We dig into the NPR audio archives for another installment of a our feature "First Mention" to hear the initial use on air of the term "Wikipedia."

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., urges his GOP counterparts to "rein in" ICE and discusses his 10-point list of demands to do so.

The embattled online charter school, ECOT, is flooding the airwaves with commercials to rally support and hit back against the state education department.

To quote broadcaster Cokie Roberts, "Elections have consequences." One consequence is dated yard signs and campaign literature. Its post-election time.…

Charles Fishman says 410,000 people helped make the Apollo 11 moon landing a success. Ken Tucker reviews Bruce Springsteen's Western Stars. Lewis plays a ruthless hedge-fund manger on Billions.

This week the Agriculture Committee in Congress looks at stricter work requirements for food stamps as part of the larger farm bill In the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, able-bodied people without kids can receive food stamps for three months without having to work. After that, they’ve got to get a job or be enrolled in job training for at least 20 hours a week. People are exempt from those rules if they are pregnant, younger than 18 or older than 49.

The House and Senate are locked in a stalemate on how to change the state's private school voucher system. One chamber wants to tweak the school...

Not Your Ordinary Book Sale. There are hundreds of like-new collectible quality books which came from the estate of Father Joseph Goetz who donated his...

Two congressional committees have issued subpoenas for testimony from former White House counsel Harriet Miers and former political director Sara Taylor regarding their roles in the firings of eight federal prosecutors.

Thursday's general elections came amid economic woes and continued political polarization. After voting began, authorities cut mobile phone and internet services, citing "deteriorating security."