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The high court will be even more polarized as future nominees become more ideologically extreme. The Senate will also be changed, as will faith in U.S. democratic institutions in general.

With hip-hop shut out of top categories in a year defined by the genre's most urgent voices, the Recording Academy mirrors America's racialized politics.

The first week of the new year kicked off with the same ferocity of news that last year ended with.

Republicans in Congress have dropped their attempts to repeal the health law for now. But Obamacare supporters say the Trump administration is still undercutting the law in ways that could damage it.

James R. Fitzgerald says Ted Kaczynski's writings helped crack the case that confounded the FBI for more than 17 years. Manhunt: Unabomber,a TV series on the Discovery Channel, retells the story.

On Sunday night, social media will overflow with commentary on the night's winners, snubs and baffling moments. But for now, we can take a few educated stabs at the headlines and outrages that await.

A second bill to overhaul Ohio’s election system has been proposed by some Republican state lawmakers, and this one is stricter than one introduced a few months ago that was deemed controversial by voting rights advocates.

The bills would ban what sponsors call "critical race theory," a concept not taught in K-12 schools in Ohio.

President Trump held an impromptu news conference with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at his side on Monday. The two tried to lay to rest reports of discord between them.

The Senate is preparing to vote on two proposals to reopen the government, but neither are expected to pass. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., about how he sees the shutdown ending.