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Congressional leaders have agreed to a spending framework to fund the government through September. The decision to back the a plan supported by Democrats could threaten Speaker Mike Johnson's future.

Former South Carolina governor and presidential hopeful Nikki Haley was responsible for bringing down the Confederate flag in her state — but failed to identify slavery as the cause of the Civil War.

Football fans in California can claim more players in the CFP title game than their counterparts in either Michigan or Washington.

What it means to be "Taiwanese" varies from one generation to the next, influenced by the island's complicated history with China. NPR talks with members of one family across generations.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Obama's Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta about why it took the Pentagon three days to tell the White House that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was hospitalized.

Former U.S. Capitol Police Officer Harry Dunn talks about why he's running for the Congressional seat being vacated by Maryland Democrat John Sarbanes.

Congress reaches a deal to fund the government through the end of the fiscal year to avoid a shutdown. Defense Sec. Austin's secretive hospital stay raises questions.

People in northern Israel are living through a low-level war. Israeli troops are trading fire with Hezbollah in nearby Lebanon. What's adding to the risk of a wider conflict?

Free school lunches, a pillar of Brazil's anti-poverty efforts, are now one of its main weapons against surging post-pandemic hunger. And that's not the only benefit.

The auto pressurization light came on during three recent flights involving the same plane, the National Transportation Safety Board said. Some plane components are being sent to an NTSB lab.