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The House normally has no role in Cabinet nominations, but because Austin, a retired Army general, has been out of uniform for less than seven years, both chambers of Congress must approve a waiver.

President Biden has picked Gary Gensler to head the Securities and Exchange Commission. Gensler made a fortune on Wall Street early in his career, but he has since become a tough market watchdog.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Mary Beth Sheridan of The Washington Postabout her investigation into tens of thousands of people in Mexico who have disappeared in recent years.

Nine candidates filed petitions by Thursday's deadline for the May 4 Cincinnati mayoral primary. If they all qualify for the primary ballot, it will be...

Newly confirmed Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Linda Thomas-Greenfield, nominee for ambassador to the United Nations, are stressing a return to diplomacy and multilateralism in their messaging.

Chang-rae Lee's new novel follows an aimless college student on his year overseas, taking readers from the New Jersey suburbs into some of the more luxurious reaches of Asian megacities.

President Biden seeks not just to undo Trump's most controversial immigration policies, but to make a pathway to legalization for more than 10 million immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The COVID-19 vaccine rollout faces another bottleneck: Pfizer and Moderna may be unable to fulfill contractual promises to deliver 100 million doses a piece to the federal government by March 31.

President Biden ordered full reimbursement to states using the National Guard in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic. Many troops will be used to boost the pace of vaccinations.

An investigation by Bellingcat, an Internet research organization, and other media outlets, revealed that for years, Russian agents secretly followed Alexei Navalny.