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The U.S. government will shutdown at midnight on Friday if the Senate doesn't approve a spending bill. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., about the likelihood of a government shutdown and what the Republican response would be.

Iowa has a new intervention program for domestic abusers, which aims to develop their emotional awareness. In early studies, the program outperformed traditional classes that address control issues.

On paper, $100,000 a year is well-off. But for several households around the country, it often takes just one major expense for that to not feel like enough: student loans, childcare or housing costs.

Good and Cheap writer Leanne Brown is teaming up with a national anti-hunger program to try to reach people who want help feeding their families healthy and affordable meals when school is out.

The tax reform law passed in December did repeal the Affordable Care Act's penalties for not having comprehensive health insurance. But the penalties are still in effect until 2019.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Hogan Gidley, Deputy White House Press Secretary, about President Trumps' stance on DACA after he said there will be no deal to save the program, after waffling on this position.

NBC put on a "live concert" performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's Jesus Christ SuperstarSunday night, which soared on the voices of John Legend and Broadway's Brandon Victor Dixon.

Growing up in Baltimore, the writer faced threats from both the streets and the police. His book, Between the World and Me, is an open letter to his teenage son.

Medical researchers often use race to define health risks. But a geneticist and a sociologist say racial categories don't accurately reflect who people are, and that science has to change.

Establishing a member-owned, nonprofit health co-op from scratch is tough; 12 of 23 that tried under Obamacare have closed after just one year. Sick patients poured in, and promised subsidies didn't.