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President Lyndon B. Johnson federalized the National Guard in 1965, calling on troops to protect civil rights advocates who were marching fr...

A defense official told NPR the Marines were expected to operate in a "support role." (Image credit: Spencer Platt)

An Italian referendum on granting faster citizenship to immigrants has failed due to low voter turnout. Italy's right-wing government was ag...

Social media is one of the few places where India and Pakistan can come together. But during the most serious escalation between the two nuc...

The Trump administration said it would begin to "aggressively" revoke visas from Chinese students with connections to China's ruling Communi...

Over the weekend, President Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard soldiers to Los Angeles, where people are protesting federal immigration raid...

Looking to buy a used car? Check out the odometer. Some states are seeing an increase in fraudulent odometer rollbacks.

The United States hosts many students and scientific researchers from the world's two largest countries, India and China. The U.S. is seen a...

Baldoni's $400 million lawsuit was in response to Lively accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of It Ends With Us.

The race became a microcosm for the clashes and pressures on the American legal system this year, in part because one of the two top candida...

The referendum, which sought to reduce the time it takes to become a naturalized citizen from 10 years to five, failed because fewer than 50...

The ban, which revives a controversial measure from Trump's first term, took effect Monday morning. Here's what to know about who's affected...

NPR's A Martinez speaks with former Congressman William Enyart, who served in the Illinois Army National Guard, about President Trump's deci...

El Eternauta has acquired near-mythic status in Argentina since it was first published in 1957.(Image credit: Mariano Landet)

Protesters opposed to federal immigration raids clashed with law enforcement in Los Angeles over the weekend. And, who took home a Tony awar...

A booming population and changing climate have strained water supplies in St. George, Utah. Local leaders are betting that recycled wastewat...

A team of President Trump's top aides, including the secretaries of the Treasury and Commerce departments, meet their Chinese counterparts f...

Israeli forces said they took command of the vessel at sea, detaining Swedish climate activist Thunberg and the rest of the crew. (Image cre...

Members of the California National Guard arrived in the Los Angeles area Sunday morning after being activated by President Trump.

Members of the California National Guard have arrived in downtown Los Angeles. President Trump ordered 2,000 Guard troops to be deployed fol...

Palestinian health officials and witnesses say at least five people were killed and others were wounded by Israeli fire as they headed to tw...

Parts of the U.S. air traffic control system still rely on floppy disks and computers running Windows 95. The Trump administration is pushin...

In Paramount, Calif., confrontations between immigration enforcement agents and protestors led to arrests and the use of flash-bang explosiv...

A Colombian Presidential hopeful in critical condition after being shot during a campaign rally in Bogotá on Saturday. The assassination att...

Salmon farming is big business in Chile, and the U.S. is one of its largest markets. Yet the fish are not native, and fishermen say salmon a...