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One in four calls to the Washington, D.C., 911 line isn't an emergency. The city now has triage nurses working with dispatchers to get callers with less urgent needs a same-day clinic visit instead.

With the Supreme Court seemingly poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, Democrats look to legislation to keep abortion legal.

Washington's biggest night has gotten big because of all the parties happening around the main event. A weekend of nerd prom excess could be seen as D.C. at its worst, or D.C. at its best.

During the first half of year we'd love to forget, our most memorable songs range in topic from self-affirmation to self-preservation.

In 2016, the U.S. launched a classified military cyberattack against ISIS to bring down its media operation. NPR interviewed nearly a dozen people who lived it.

Harvey talks with NPR Music's Ann Powers about her album I Inside the Old Year Dying, a ragged, highly crafted adaptation of her epic poem Orlam, and why she prefers to make art without boundaries.

The GSA says it cannot determine until Trump takes office whether he will be in conflict of his lease if he does not divest from his business interests with his new D.C. hotel.

Law enforcement and elected officials have implemented several security changes ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's swearing in on Jan. 20.

An American who spent four days in Egyptian jail tells the story of how he was caught at one of the government's now-infamous spot phone searches.

The student-led rallies push for gun violence prevention. Congress is facing pressure to act in the wake of several mass shootings.