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The state of Maine has wrestled for years over whether expanding its low-income health insurance program would help more people or be a budget buster. Now they're going to take it to a vote.

The administration has signaled it will not extend the program — which allows certain immigrants to stay if their countries are at war or devastated by natural disasters — for some 50,000 Haitians.

A simple, scalable program founded by Dolly Parton reaches children before they enter school: In participating communities, enrolled kids get a free book in the mail every month until they turn 5.

NFL viewership has gone down in recent years. There are a lot of theories about the reason for the decline. To help sort it out, we asked listeners why they stopped watching.

Chloe Kim blew away the field and the crowd at the Pyeongchang Games in South Korea, winning in style at Phoenix Snow Park.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Rep. Jared Moskowitz, who represents the area where last week's fatal school shootings occurred, about whether new gun regulations will go anywhere.

Rachel Martin talks to Florida state Rep. Jason Brodeur, a Republican, who along with Katie Edwards-Walpole, a Democrat, is working to come up with a bipartisan bill on gun control.

After a very long stretch of calm, financial markets have suddenly turned volatile. Prices have plunged and bounced around — all giving investors the jitters.

"Ants Among Elephants" is the memoir of an Indian woman, born a so-called untouchable, who is a New York City subway conductor. NPR's Stacey Vanek Smith speaks with author Sujatha Gidla.

One year ago, then-candidate Trump laid out a 10-point plan to fight illegal immigration, including building a wall and suspending visas for some travelers. Here's a look at what he has done so far.