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When Medicaid began sharing personal data with federal immigration authorities last year, it upended decades of explicit ...

The announcement was made just hours before Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel is scheduled to speak early Friday "to address ...

Bill co-sponsor said the barriers to retirement plans are too high for many employees and small businesses. She hopes the ...

A gavel rests on the bench inside a courtroom. 57-year old Mark Hendricks was charged in Calhoun County's 10th District Court. He was accused of posting violent messages aimed at Lakeview High School ...

Barbara Sprunt is a producer on NPR's Washington desk, where she reports and produces breaking news and feature political content. She formerly produced the NPR Politics Podcast and got her start in ...

The country singer-songwriter formerly known as Sturgill Simpson has a new album out under his current stage name, Johnny Blue Skies and the Dark Clouds.

Ruth Sherlock is an International Correspondent with National Public Radio. She's based in Beirut and reports on Syria and other countries around the Middle East. She was previously the United States ...

Despite rising tensions between the world's two largest economies, a growing number of young Americans are becoming captivated by China, as seen in the online trend "Chinamaxxing." ...

Based on a series of novels by best-selling author Patricia Cornwell, Scarpetta follows two different mysteries from two different timelines. It's structurally complicated — but it all holds up.

With growing interest in mining critical metals from the seafloor, countries are now negotiating international rules. The Trump administration is forging ahead on its own, speeding up environmental ...