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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Mouaz Moustafa of the non-profit Syrian Emergency Task Force about the dramatic toppling of the Assad regime, as Moustafa prepares to fly back to his home city, Damascus.

As the U.S. prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, we review the nation's last big birthday celebration, 50 years ago: the Bicentennial.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines.

The number of women running for Congress has jumped sharply this year. So has the number of men.

Protesters took to the streets of Downtown Cincinnati for a third time on Sunday, all in honor of George Floyd, the African American Minneapolis man…

The tradition goes back to the 19th century, when the U.S. was largely an agrarian, Christian society. People needed a day to travel by horse and buggy to vote and November was after the fall harvest.

The government says there was a big drop last year in the number of Americans struggling to get enough to eat, especially children. The USDA credits food aid like the school lunch program and SNAP.

After years of decline, rates of uninsured children on on the rise. Immigrants and Hispanics saw large growth, possibly because of Trump administration policies.

Fans of England's men's team, who play in the Euro finals Sunday, have waited 55 years for an international championship. Argentina could end a 28-year title drought in Saturday's Copa America final.

Sen. Mitch McConnell joked this was the first time in a quarter century where he came to Northern Kentucky and it appeared there could be real movement on the Brent Spence Bridge project.