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Senate Democrats close ranks to delay a vote on John Bolton's nomination to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Democrats say they will allow Bolton to face a vote, but only if the Bush administration provides access to classified documents.

The fifth World Bonsai Convention is taking place this weekend at the Washington Hilton, and convention organizers say it's the biggest bonsai event ever.

The House version of the budget bill contains language that would stop food stamps for potentially hundreds of thousands of people. We look at how the cuts would affect people who depend on them.

NASA has not launched a space shuttle since the Columbia disaster a year and a half ago. The agency is preparing to return to space next spring, when the 20-year-old shuttle Discovery is slated to launch a Mercury probe. NPR's Richard Harris reports.

Justices argue that the executive branch of government — which includes the EPA — should not be allowed to set rules and regulations around greenhouse gas emissions.

200,000 people had headed to Florida for the launch, but it now it won't launch until this Friday at the earliest.

ShotSpotter — a system designed to detect gunshots in neighborhoods where it's installed — has generated debate in cities over its efficacy in helping law enforcement respond to gun violence, as well as ethical concerns.

Severe flash flooding last week caused dozens of deaths and extensive damage to roads, bridges, businesses and homes.

The report finds children have suffered record declines since the pandemic.

As climate change intensifies droughts, other states are looking at how to tighten their water use, as Hays plans new strategies for its long-term water survival.