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The Rio Grande Valley in South Texas is the busiest section of the U.S.-Mexico border. President Trump threatens shut down of the government over funding for border security.

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy's last day on the bench was Tuesday, Kennedy spoke about his retirement at the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference in Anaheim, Calif., last week.

The Trump administration is floating an idea to unilaterally change the tax code by redefining how capital gains are calculated. A move that would benefit wealthy Americans.

The U.S. Government Publishing Office "did not do an adequate job of protecting" the government's interest, according to a report by the agency's Office of the Inspector General that NPR has obtained.

The Government Accountability Office says 3 million more Americans are likely to have experienced underwithholding from their paychecks in 2018 as a direct result of the new tax law.

Massachusetts has one of the highest rates of aging prisoners in the nation. A new law would allow parole for prisoners who can prove they are physically or cognitively incapacitated.

Jacinda Ardern, who assumed office last October, announced in January that she would be taking six weeks of maternity leave while her deputy stepped in to assume the duties of prime minister.

For trans Americans, the policy landscape has changed under the Trump administration, making it harder to get the cost of treatments such as gender confirmation surgery covered.

Almost 6,000 voters in Wilkes-Barre switched their registration from Democrat to Republican ahead of the 2016 presidential primary. Political observers wonder if it will remain a Trump stronghold.

Family separation, the Supreme Court on public-sector unions, the Kavanaugh nomination: All are linked, through donations, to the billionaire family of the education secretary.