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After Donald Trump's inauguration, Republican lawmakers once again plan to try to end federal funding that goes to Planned Parenthood. Abortions are among the health services the nonprofit provides.

Calling Biden "the best vice president America's ever had" and a "lion of American history," President Obama gave his White House partner the nation's highest civilian honor in an emotional ceremony.

In a new collection, 16 essayists describe how Michelle Obama helped change the perception of black women and the White House.

Right now, Betsy DeVos just barely has enough votes to be confirmed after two Senate Republicans announced last week they won't support her nomination.

Mark O'Connell's new book is a lucid, soulful look at the transhumanist movement — a group who believe that direct interface between humans and machines is the only way forward for our species.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with the crew of young New Orleanians who won over our panel of judges with with a bouncy, exuberant song called "Quick."

After a less confrontational Trump addressed Congress, the vice president and top Democrats took to the air to put their imprint on how his speech is being received.

It's 2018 and a mysterious cloud has appeared between Earth and Venus. A Czech astrophysicist is sent to investigate. The only problem? Hanging on to his sense of reality while alone in space.

Zinemaker and designer Keith Rosson's debut novel is set in a small Oregon town in the 1980s, where the rain pours down, jellyfish rot on the beach — and a strange supernatural force is on the move.

"If they started waterboarding, I swear to you there's a whole bunch of us that would have them in court in a New York minute," said Sen. John McCain.