NPR's Adrian Ma talks to UT-Austin economic historian Carola Binder about why the Federal Reserve is independent and why that matters.

The Texas legislature meets on Monday to focus on disaster relief after the deadly floods, but it's also considering President Trump's request to redraw the lines of Congressional districts.

We look at how President Trump's stance on Russia has shifted, as well as how he's managing the outcry among his base, who are angered over the lack of transparency in the Jeffrey Epstein case.

The government of the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho has declared a two-year state of disaster, as its once-thriving garment ...

Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding July 4 said Saturday that just three people remain ...

A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, ...

New York police said the 61-year-old man was wearing a large metal chain that caused him to be "drawn into the machine." The ...

Behind the scenes with NPR's reporting on how Florida has become the scene of some of the Trump administration's most aggressive immigration enforcement efforts.

A couple embarrassed to be caught on the big screen cuddling at a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts this week sent the ...

Attorney General Pam Bondi has filed a formal request to release grand jury testimony related to Jeffrey Epstein. But the ...

A vehicle rammed into a crowd of people waiting to enter a nightclub along a busy boulevard in Los Angeles early Saturday, ...

Congress passed the first major crypto legislation in the U.S., marking a major milestone for the digital currency sector.