Now, new evidence shows banks are ramping up spending on fossil fuels. Beyond helping companies extract more oil and gas, ...

As a reporter and fact-checker, I’ve examined this attack on our history closely. I’ve interviewed historians about how our ...

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Host Al Letson visits Bryan Stevenson’s Montgomery, Alabama, memorials confronting slavery's legacy as the US turns 250.

The Supreme Court dealt Big Brother a blow on Monday with a landmark ruling for digital privacy rights in Chatrie v. United ...

"All of a sudden you're in a position where you can have a huge influence for the rest of your life on the US government.” ...

In a surprise victory for voting rights, the Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Mississippi law allowing mail-in ballots to be ...

The National Park Service said that people should “remain indoors as much as possible” during and after the fireworks show.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh is “not only creating a bad precedent for trans people, he’s significantly lowering the protection ...

Chief Justice John Roberts famously promised that he would run the highest court like an impartial umpire calling balls and ...

The Trump administration’s federal budget request for the next fiscal year includes steep cuts to passenger rail. According ...

The inside story of US-Iran negotiations—and what Israel did to them—from the National Security Council's former Iran ...