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The first lady reportedly isn't a big fan of the holiday tradition and her husband doesn't acknowledge he lost the election, but the White House's aesthetic aims for an old-school note.

After Jim Jordan's failure to win the speakership Republicans in the House remain divided in their efforts to elect a new House speaker.

Writer Jody Arlington picks three hot summer graphic-novel reads. The twist? They all star anthropomorphic animals: Doughty badger detective LeBrock, hard-boiled cat detective John Blacksad and resistance rabbit Hardin dodge assassins, steal secrets and track down the missing just like their human counterparts.

President Biden was campaigning Tuesday, but made time to call China's leader. It's the first time the two have talked since November, when they met in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Among the demands of pro-Palestine protesters around the country has been for higher education institutions to withdraw investments in Israel or companies with ties to Israel. Here's why that can't happen in Ohio.

Donald Trump capped the Republican National Convention this week, while Joe Biden faced calls to exit the presidential race.

Retired military chaplain David Peters, who has conducted services at Arlington National Cemetery, tells NPR's Michel Martin that the final resting place of some 400,000 U.S. service members is supposed to be free of politics.

Richard Powers' latest novel brims with love for humanity and the planet. He makes clear that while humans have made this planet our amusement park, we have not always taken proper care of our toys.

In the Citizens United Case in 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled corporations and unions have a constitutional right to spend unlimited money on political ads. State courts are expected to follow that principle. But in December, Montana's high court refused to go along. It argued Montana's history and demography make it different enough to deserve an exemption from the federal ruling.

The White House plans to transfer a limited number of detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention facility in Cuba to an underutilized state prison in rural Illinois. It will be transformed into a facility that will "exceed perimeter security standards at the nation's only 'supermax' prison in Florence, Colo.," officials say.