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The paths of retired Rep. Tom DeLay (R-TX) and disgraced lobbyist Jack Ambramoff intersect not just in Washington, D.C., but in the U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, a chain of 17 small islands in the North Pacific.

More babies are being born dependent on opioids. The good news is they can safely be weaned from the drug. But there is little research on which medical treatment is best, or on the long-term effects.

The dad is a U.K. citizen and his wife is Spanish. If Britain votes to leave the EU, she's among 10,000 cross-border commuters whose jobs and lives could be disrupted.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Congressman Mike Gallagher, R-Wisc., a Marine captain who was deployed twice to Iraq, about that country's vote to expel U.S. troops following U.S. airstrikes in Iran.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., and member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about the latest developments in the House impeachment inquiry.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Simon Fuller and John Downer about their new nature documentary series, Serengeti.

People under 65 who get kidney transplants can rely on Medicare to cover only three years of post-transplant treatment. There's a new call to extend coverage for meds that keep the organ functioning.

Members of Congress and top federal law enforcement and intelligence officials are set to convene on Thursday at the urging of President Trump amid his "spying" charges.

In Libby, Mont., an estimated 1 in 10 have an asbestos-related illness, after decades of pollution from a now-shuttered mine. With lungs already scarred, many fear contracting the coronavirus.

Gov. Mike DeWine plans to convene virtual meetings with individual counties to find out what they need to help them fight COVID-19; two conservative operatives under scrutiny for organizing tens of thousands of hoax robocalls falsely warning about consequences for voting by mail have been charged with telecommunications fraud and bribery; Kent State University reported 66 COVID-19 cases for the last week, and more stories.