The federal shutdown will affect people across the United States. NPR's network of member stations explains what will be ...

Although painful for federal workers, travelers, and thousands of people and businesses in and outside Washington that ...

U.S. government services will be disrupted until President Donald Trump and Congress agree on a spending deal.

Veteran health care also continues during a shutdown. Veterans Affairs medical centers and outpatient clinics will be open, ...

Imelda was upgraded from a tropical storm to a hurricane on Tuesday and threatened to bring hurricane conditions to Bermuda ...

We flatter ourselves. There was never a time when rank-and-file Americans perfected the ideas of the Republic without ...

An explosion rocked a NYCHA building Wednesday morning in the Bronx, causing an entire corner of the high-rise on Alexander ...

The building is a 17-storey residential complex. At 8:13 local time, the chimney side of the structure collapsed, a NYC ...

Senate Democrats voted down a Republican funding bill to keep the government open Tuesday evening; with this development, the ...

Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar blamed Republicans if the government shuts down. "This is a shutdown they will own, and the ...

When it comes to White House pronouncements of imminent peace in the Middle East, we’ve heard hopeful lines from U.S.

An explosion at a New York City apartment building blew off a floor-to-roof chunk of the high-rise – terrifying residents in the Bronx and fueling frustration and outrage as to how this could have ...