NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Ron Chernow about his new book, "Mark Twain," in which he illuminates the complex life of the writer.

Regional banks in the Federal Reserve system study their local economies and publish those stories in a report called the Beige Book. The Kansas City Fed's has fallout from Trump administration cuts.

Regional banks in the Federal Reserve system study their local economies and publish those stories in a report called the Beige Book. The latest included fallout from Trump administration cuts.

NPR's A Martinez talks with Doug Silliman, president of the Arab Gulf States Institute and former U.S. ambassador to Iraq, about President Trump's Gulf trip and Iran's offer to revive a nuclear deal.

President Trump returns to Washington Friday after a four-day tour through the Gulf where he struck business deals and was treated like royalty by the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE.

This has been a devastating week in Gaza after days of airstrikes. There was hope President Trump's visit to the region would advance ceasefire talks, but Israel's blockade of Gaza has only escalated.

The U.S. Supreme Court seemed at least partially divided as the justices heard arguments debating how the lower courts should handle President Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.

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Georgia's law that restricts abortion once cardiac activity is detected doesn't allow relatives to have a say in whether a ...

Cathy Harris and Gwynne Wilcox, Democratic board members of independent agencies, argue that President Trump lacked the ...

Criticism of "activist" judges predates the term and has come from both ends of the political spectrum. Democratic and ...