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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has never met GOP Rep. John Ratcliffe, Trump's nominee to become director of national intelligence. Other Senate Republicans said he still needs to be vetted.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Kevin Fallon of "The Daily Beast" about "Avengers: Endgame" overtaking "Avatar" as the highest grossing movie of all time — a record "Avatar" held for a decade.

Managing chronic pain can be particularly difficult for people in rural areas because of the necessity of frequent doctor visits. Volunteers in rural Wyoming are trying to help.

As a teenager, Harriet Shawcross retreated into silence for a year. As an adult, she set out to understand why people speak, and why they don't, in a new book.

Sarah Kuhn's new novel, about a Japanese American girl wrestling with her identity and her place in the world during a visit to Japan, is at once universally relatable and specifically Asian American.

This post contains spoilery speculation (and term-coinage) about the ending of the record-breaking film, and what it means for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. You were warned.

One year ago, a gunman killed 23 people and injured 23 others at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. One of the victims was 60-year-old Arturo Benavides, a decorated Army veteran and retired city bus driver.

George Orwell's anti-tyranny fableAnimal Farm turns 75 this week. We examine what Orwell was thinking when he wrote it, why it's lasted so long and what we can learn from it today.

When a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, they faced surprisingly little security for such an important location. The mob smashed windows and rampaged through both the House and Senate chambers.

Rep. Norma Torres, D-Calif., gave an impassioned account of the events that took place on Jan. 6, when a mob of pro-Trump extremists breached the Capitol and forced lawmakers into hiding.