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Former Vice President Joe Biden, actor Warren Beatty, two legendary Arizona athletes and a Russian dissident are among several pallbearers at ceremonies honoring the late senator this week.

Three times in three days this week, President Trump said he would force the government to shut down if Democrats do not agree to fund a wall with Mexico and make changes to immigration laws.

The president circumvented Congress by declaring a national emergency. James Wallner of the conservative R Street Institute tells NPR's Scott Simon that lawmakers failed to take action to stop Trump.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is working to contain a revolt by hard-line members of his party that could threaten his job as speaker and a potential government shutdown.

Infighting among Republicans threatens to derail plans to pass long-term spending bills next year.

Science fiction and fantasy books aren't just getting more popular, they're interbreeding with other genres to produce wild new hybrid forms — swapping DNA with literary novels, commenting on current events, morphing into historical science fiction romances, and evolving into hard-boiled detective fantasy.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., who is on the Senate Judiciary Committee about the hearing for Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Colo., about his visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, his views on the family separation debate and the ongoing immigration negotiations in Congress.

An audio file has divided the internet as people debate whether the voice says "Yanny" or "Laurel." Lee Miller, an associate professor in neurobiology, physiology and behavior at the University of California, Davis, explains why some people hear different words.

House Republicans put forth a proposal to fund the government that includes $30 million for lawmaker security, as Congress grapples with increasing political violence.