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The Freedom Caucus co-founder often opposes his party in Congress, and drew the president's wrath for rejecting the GOP health care plan. He also won his district by a wider margin than Trump in 2016.

This week, the White House incorrectly claimed the country's murder rate was at a high, brought up a nonexistent Atlanta terrorist attack and again made false claims of widespread voter fraud.

This year's "State of Black America" report took the unusual step of warning that the organization now has a new priority: protecting areas of progress from retrenchment during the next few years.

Carl Reiner, one of the funniest men I've ever met, died Monday night at his Beverly Hills home. Reiner's accomplishments are so many – winning nine...

What can Swedish furniture teach us about getting kids to eat their veggies? Cognitive scientist Tania Lombrozo considers new research on the "IKEA effect."

The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, the brand-name drug industry's main trade group, spent liberally to shift the conversation on prices during the last presidential campaign.

The new year brought more than just new resolutions. It also brought hundreds of new state laws Monday. Here are a few notables — from marijuana legalization to house calls from hair cutters.

The partisan split in America is the highest it has been in two decades, with Republicans and Democrats holding disparate views on race, immigration and more, according to a new Pew study.

The people of Massachusetts celebrated the centennial in sticky style with a festival — including thousands of Fluffernutter sandwiches — in the neighborhood where Fluff was first whipped up.

Mark Lacy, an audience member in the VIP section at the Harvest Festival in Las Vegas, witnessed the shooting at close range, and he even stood next to someone shot in the head. NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Lacy, who stayed on the scene well into the early morning hours helping the injured.