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Law enforcement and elected officials have implemented several security changes ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's swearing in on Jan. 20....

Under pressure to resign after supporters stormed the Capitol last week, President Trump heads to Texas. With only a week to go in office, i...

Legal scholars and prosecutors are debating whether federal charges of seditious conspiracy should be used against some of the pro-Trump rio...

President Trump was supposed to present the New England Patriots coach with the highest civilian honor this week. But following the violent...

Democrats say it doesn't go far enough. Republicans say it goes too far. After armed protests in Lansing and a violent riot in D.C., Michiga...

Roy Austin Jr. will fill the new position, which was created by Facebook after a scathing audit released in July 2020 concluded the company'...

Wolf's departure from the Trump administration, just days before the president's norm-shattering term is set to come to a close, is the most...

Money-in-politics groups welcomed this unusually wide-spread — and self-initiated — reckoning by corporations over their own role in contrib...

The scale of the danger faced by lawmakers, staff and Capitol Police during the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has become more clear after...

Officials say they're weeks away from a full understanding of how rioters may have planned to storm the U.S. Capitol. Dozens of people have...

The brand, which evolved into a symbol of rebellious youth culture and is worn by celebrities, has thrived during the pandemic. Dr. Martens...

Violent acts such as the riot on Capitol Hill have been incubating in the Western U.S. for years. Some have stormed federal buildings and th...

As U.S. performing artists struggle to make ends meet during the pandemic, those in France are benefitting from an unemployment system that...

Chinese labs are among the leaders in developing COVID-19 vaccines. China plans to inoculate millions in the next few months while also tryi...

The U.S. removed Cuba from its state sponsors of terrorism list in May of 2015.(Image credit: Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images)

"Over the past several weeks, we've reported 98 examples to Parler of posts that clearly encourage and incite violence," Amazon Web Services...

The bar association said it received "hundreds of complaints in recent months" about Giuliani, ultimately deciding Monday to launch a "histo...

Pittman is the first woman and the first African American to lead the law enforcement agency, U.S. Capitol Police confirm to NPR. She has se...

The designation has broad implications — not just for the Iran-backed group, which controls Yemen's capital, but also for international orga...

Steven Sund said officials denied or delayed his request for assistance from the National Guard six times before and after the U.S. Capitol...

Many front-line health workers who have faced a perpetual lack of PPE and inconsistent safety measures believe the government and their empl...

In Stockton, California, a controversial site is filling the gap as the local newspaper struggles to survive.

Police departments are looking into whether some of their off-duty officers participated in the U.S. Capitol riot, adding to growing unease...

In remarks at the Vatican on Sunday, Pope Francis condemned the violence at the U.S. Capitol and urged Americans to come together for the "c...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Ian Bassin, executive director of Protect Democracy, about different ways President Trump and his administra...