Heavy rain caused flash flooding in parts of the northeast on Monday. Climate change is fueling more intense rainstorms that drop more water in shorter periods of time.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to author and journalist Tim Weiner about his new book, The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Michael Petrilli, head of the education policy thinktank Thomas B. Fordham Institute, about the Trump administration's efforts to dismantle the Education Department.

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The Senate considers the rescissions package that would strip $9.4 billion for public boradcasting and foreign aid.

Many state nursing home oversight agencies are understaffed. Advocates for residents say that is increasingly putting people who live in nursing homes at greater risk of abuse and neglect.

Pam Bondi sought to move past questions about her handling of the Justice Department's files from the Jeffrey Epstein ...

The Pentagon and U.S. military officials in Europe are working with NATO members to ship more Patriot missile systems to ...

With 101 people still missing after the July 4 flash flood, the focus turns to local lakes, and what may be buried in them.

On-screen portrayals of mental illness have changed since One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest came out 50 years ago.