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U.S. scientists David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian won the award Monday.

An estimated 300,000 people were held in solitary confinement in the U.S. at the height of the pandemic. Advocates are pushing to limit the practice, citing lasting harm to prisoners' health.

The president is calling on Senate Republicans to allow a straight up or down vote on raising the debt ceiling. "If you don't want to help save the country, get out of the way," Biden said.

Last month, a large group of Haitian migrants camped out under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas. How did the U.S. fail to detect their movement to the southern border?

The 2020 elections saw a record voter turnout and an enormous amount of mail-in ballots, all amidst a pandemic.

This comes as the court's approval rating is only 40%, its lowest point in decades.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Bryan Stevenson, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, about the newly expanded "Legacy Museum: From Enslavement to Mass Incarceration."

The U.S. Supreme Court starts a new term Monday with a menu of high-profile cases, from abortion to gun rights and religious rights.

Activity from the Cumbre Vieja volcano is intensifying after two additional fissures opened up on Friday. Spain's prime minister says the country will help the island rebuild with a large aid package.

The nation's biggest name-brand pharmacy chains face a high-profile civil trial beginning Monday in Ohio over their role in the nation's deadly opioid epidemic.