The government is still in a partial shutdown, but the House Speaker predicts it will be over by Tuesday. In the meantime, lawmakers are still divided over Department of Homeland Security policy ...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Washington Post art and architecture critic Philip Kennicott about President Trump's plan to temporarily close the Kennedy Center.

Amid the partial government shutdown, we hear from House Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., about funding for the Department of Homeland Security.

A new report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office calculates the cost of efforts to fire civil rights staff, and questions the department's ability to enforce federal civil rights laws.

Despite issues with her heart, this octogenarian still competes in triathlons. She's proof that preventive medicine paired ...

In Texas, a state Senate election over the weekend has unnerved Republicans around the country after a Democrat in a deeply red district easily defeated the Republican candidate.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Washington Post critic Anne Midgette about President Trump's post proposing the temporary closure of the Kennedy Center.

Republican Rep. Mike Lawler of New York held his first town hall of the year Sunday, but he was faced by jeers, insults and questions about the recent events in Minneapolis and ICE tactics.

Political leaders are reacting to what the Department of Justice says is its last release of files related to the investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.

A federal judge in Minnesota has ruled the Trump administration can continue its immigration enforcement surge. That's as a different judge ruled a 5-year-old boy be released from detention.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard was seen at the Georgia election office raided by the FBI. Dennis Blair, who also served in the role, shares whether he found her presence concerning.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to CNN legal analyst Elie Honig about whether more charges could be coming following the release of millions of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein.