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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is working to gain support within his own party for his proposal that would raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts.

The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that Congress can exclude residents of Puerto Rico from a federal program that aids low-income elderly and disabled people.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a multitude of legal challenges. What's the status of those investigations?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a multitude of legal challenges. What's the status of those investigations?

Hollywood actors and screenwriters are on strike simultaneously for the first time since 1960. When — and how — might things resolve this time? Experts tell NPR what recent history can teach us.

Four Black teens are learning how to lobster in a new program called "Lift All Boats." Maine's seafood packing plants have a diverse workforce, but commercial fishing is mostly white.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Jac Jemc bout her new novel, "Empty Theatre." It's a satirical re-imagining of the relationship between King Ludwig of Bavaria and Empress Sisi of Hungary.

A podcaster returns to her boarding school decades after a classmate was murdered to rehash the crime. NPR's Scott Simon talks with Rebecca Makkai about her novel, "I Have Some Questions For You."

Donald Trump is indicted in Georgia for seeking to overturn the election. Death toll rises in Hawaii as residents press to see Lahaina. Judge in Louisiana considers moving teens out of Angola prison.

A rare "cotton-candy" lobster has been found off the coast of Maine.

Three days after France's president Emmanuel Macron enacted reforms to the country's pension system without the approval of parliament, nation-wide protests resumed.

NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer talks with Makiya Seminera, editor-in-chief of The Alligator, about protests against Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse, who will most likely be the University of Florida's new president.