California voters have overwhelmingly approved strengthening penalties for certain theft and drug crimes. They also ousted Los Angeles County's progressive district attorney.

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory ...

President-elect Trump announced he intends to nominate Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz as attorney general, putting a fierce critic of federal law enforcement in charge of the Justice Department.

At First Bilingual Christian Church in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this Sunday, the congregation was praying, in both Spanish ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks the Brookings Institution's Jon Valant about President-elect Trump's campaign promise to close the Department of Education.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Penn State labor and employment relations professor Paul Clark about blue-collar voters and their decision to back President-elect Trump in this election.

Republicans have selected their party leaders for the next Congress under President-elect Donald Trump. Senate Republicans ...

For almost two centuries, greenhouse gas emissions have climbed steadily as humans have burned increasing amounts of oil, gas ...

Following the nomination of Fox News host Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense, we ask a retired Marine colonel and military expert Mark Cancian what it takes to run the DOD.

House Republicans have chosen a veteran lawmaker with a record of opposition to abortion and even access to contraceptives as ...

President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to "dismantle government bureaucracy," enlisting the help of billionaires to achieve ...