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A blistering report released Wednesday looking into the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School last year, exposes a litany of security breaches and chaotic protocol

Over the past week, alumni of Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign have stepped forward to allege inappropriate behavior and unfair treatment of women.

Recently disclosed accusations date back six or seven decades, with the oldest from the 1910s in Louisiana.

Today marks the end of all-Republican rule in Washington, thanks to the tallest blue wave since 1974.

A closed-door briefing for congressional leaders in the White House Situation Room on Wednesday failed to resolve any issues over funding for border security.

Top Democrats announced late Sunday a series of changes to House rules that could eliminate causes of major instability during the previous eight years of Republican rule.

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The meeting, described as a "briefing" on "border security," would take place Wednesday, a day before Democrats are set to take over the House, sources tell NPR's Scott Detrow

The Russia imbroglio is barreling into another year that could deliver even more revelations and political heat than the last one — and maybe even a big finale.

New changes to tax law will make deducting charitable giving from next year's taxes more difficult for taxpayers.

Fourteen states and the District of Columbia have already enacted laws prohibiting licensed therapists from trying to change a minor's sexual orientation.

President Donald Trump and Democrats are trading blame for the partial government shutdown but doing little substantive talking with each other.

The United States has lost its oldest World War II veteran. Richard Overton, who fought overseas in a segregated unit, died Thursday at age 112.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll found that 60 percent of Americans are optimistic about the world in 2019, compared to just 37 percent whose outlook is less rosy.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital on Christmas Day following surgery for early stage lung cancer.