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President Obama and the Democrats scored another major legislative victory Thursday. The Senate passed a broad bill to overhaul financial regulations. The measure rewrites the rules for Wall Street to try to avoid crises like the 2008 economic meltdown. This time the Democrats got a little help from Republicans.

The rival candidates are spelling out their plans to improve the economy in appearances this week. And those plans have markedly different approaches to an issue likely to dominate the presidential race.

Poor diet, lack of exercise, stress and trauma, all drive America's declining life expectancy and high rates of chronic disease. So how can we live better in America? NPR looks for answers.

The West in recent years has been busy discussing how to handle China's rise. But in an odd symmetry, China has been debating how to respond to America's decline — and how much of a leadership role it wants to take on.

One of the most powerful lobbies on Capitol Hill is AIPAC, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which commands bi-partisan respect on Middle East issues. But on the matter of possible military strikes on Syria, AIPAC is having a rare tough go of it.

The Ukrainian soldiers are on a U.S tour to thank Americans for the latest round of military aid to Ukraine -- and to court new support.

A team of researchers went into the woods of Maine searching for a mysterious bird of the eastern forests — a golden eagle. They're conspicuous in the American west but secretive in the east.

There is a list of other possible name changes of ships named after prominent women and civil rights leaders, a U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly tells NPR.

Corporate America doesn't want to fight with President Trump in public. But as a result, it's ceding him an unprecedented amount of control over the shape — and future — of U.S. business.

As a record number of people retire, social security won’t be around for much longer either. We look at the origins of social security and some new ideas to tackle new retirement challenges.