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The Trump administration has proposed repealing a Biden-era rule that required states to change how they pay out child care subsidies, citing the potential for fraud.

Fifteen billion dollars in the $1 trillion infrastructure bill has been earmarked for replacing lead water service lines. The problem is there are so many that it might take $60 billion dollars to do the job. And most utilities say they are not ready to comply.

A week out in nature — away from electrical lights — quickly resets the body's internal clock, scientists say. And it helps night owls who have problems waking up be more alert in the morning. The findings suggest some easy ways to help everyone hop out of bed with more energy.

As Barack Obama's presidential campaign manager, David Plouffe was responsible for constructing an unprecedented grass-roots campaign. In his new book, The Audacity To Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama's Historic Victory, Plouffe presents a behind-the-scenes look at a historic campaign.

The 1997 documentary Hands on a Hard Body followed the contestants in a Texas car dealership competition: Hopefuls had to keep one hand on a brand-new fully loaded truck, and the last person standing kept it. As Neda Ulaby reports, that surprisingly dramatic story is now being made into a musical.

Amid a rise in healthcare costs and declining federal support for commercial fishermen, a free pop-up health clinic in Galveston, Texas is reaching a community of Vietnamese fishermen.

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with historian Leah Wright Rigueur, whose book, The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power, explores the history of the relationship between African-Americans and the Republican Party.

Though it's highly rare for a police officer to be handed such a heavy sentence, many expressed disappointment. Others see it as a winning precedent that promises future accountability.

A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this past week's ews, including British Foreign Secretary Malcolm Rifkind and Senator John Kerry D-MA) on situation in Bosnia; 14-year old Waco hearing witness, Keri Jewell, rosecutor Ray Yan and sociologist Dr. Stuart Wright of Lamar University on the aco hearings; President Bill Clinton and Senator Phil Gramm (R-TX) on ffirmative Action; Senator Alfonse D'Amato (R-NY) and White House Counsel Mark abiani on the Whitewater hearings.

At medical schools all over the country, first-year students participate in a ceremony that seems like an ancient ritual, but is actually less that 10 years old -- the white coat ceremony. White coats were adopted by doctors to make their profession seem more scientific. But the white coat ceremony was designed to instill values of caring and compassion in doctors. Commentator Joe Wright isn't sure that the ceremony is enough to instill those values. (2:45)