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Democrats boycotted a meeting of the Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday morning, preventing the panel from voting on nominees to lead the departments of the Treasury and Health and Human Services.

Eight protesters were arrested outside Governor Cuomo’s office as they demonstrated for more money for legal aid services for the state’s…

Water damage to an emergency spillway on the Oroville Dam in Northern California prompted the evacuation of nearly 200,000 people from the area. More rain is forecast for the region this week.

Cape May, NJ, official Gerald Thornton updates NPR's Rachel Martin on damage to his area from the weekend winter storm.

Men and women at Fort Campbell in Kentucky react to new rules allowing women to serve in combat positions.

Steve Inskeep talks to longtime public radio host Diane Rehm about her decision to retire after the 2016 presidential election. The show is produced at member station WAMU in Washington, D.C.

American defense officials said Friday that U.S. planes hit an Islamic State training camp and a senior extremist leader in Libya overnight. As many as 60 people were killed.

His term expires at the end of December. This year, candidates are being given a chance to make their case in public, and there's a big push by activists to get a woman at the helm.

A newly released report says some areas of the U.S. have recovered from the Great Recession much more than others.

Is software code speech? Apple says that it is, in its motion to vacate a federal judge's order requiring the company to help the FBI break into the iPhone of one of the San Bernardino terrorists.