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In a process resembling a Powerball drawing, ping pong balls with the names of a dozen federal appeals courts were placed into a wooden raffle drum on Tuesday before a winner was drawn.

The House voted Thursday on a bill to provide humanitarian aid at the border. Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., joins NPR's Audie Cornish to discuss the vote.

It’s the kind of drama that, well, drama is made of.Before Joan of Arc was immortalized as a saint, she was an illiterate peasant mystic who heard the…

He composed music for a single instrument–the piano–at a time when other composers were writing works for monster concerts. His personal life was quiet,…

A year after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a new NPR/Ipsos poll finds that Americans are pessimistic about the future of democracy, as false claims about the 2020 election persist.

Republicans are resisting the formation of an independent commission to look into the Jan. 6 invasion of the U.S. Capitol. A key exchange from the 9/11 Commission investigation helps explain why.

What were the must-read books of 2015?

Sarah Longwell joins the show.

See a scene from Downton Abbey season 2 episode 6, airing Feb. 12, 2012 at 9pm.

Appraisal: Mughal Emerald & Pearl Necklace, ca. 1895 in Newport, Part 6.