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A new Biden administration effort to raise Head Start teacher wages could force the federally funded preschool program to serve fewer children.

Income-driven repayment plans were intended to help low-income student loan borrowers, and eventually cancel their debt. New documents paint a breathtaking picture of the program's failure.

Iran says no to President Trump's ceasefire plan and publicized a counterproposal that includes war reparations and Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

From Baghdad to Hong Kong, protests have broken out all around the world in recent months. Is there a common thread?

Lead seepage into the drinking water in Flint, Mich., has causing a major public health crisis and prompted President Obama to declare a federal state of emergency. This is how it unfolded.

Most were sentenced under drug charges. Nearly all of them would have already served their time if they were convicted of the same crime today.

After another failed attempt at overhauling Obamacare, President Trump tried to sell his party's repeal efforts (and push some senators into line) at a Wednesday lunch. Here's what he said.

Toobin spoke to Fresh Air in 2013 about his New Yorker profile of Ginsburg, written as she marked her 20th anniversary on the Supreme Court. Ginsburg died Sept. 18 at the age of 87.

Four U.S. states are still struggling with high rates of lead poisoning from soil, pipes and paint. It impacts thousands of people each year, especially low-income communities and families of color.

Lead paint was outlawed in 1978, but in Cleveland, it's still the biggest contributor to lead poisoning. It’s highly toxic, posing danger in particular to children between the ages of one and five. Some residents who have been impacted by exposure to lead who have found ways to persevere.