Federal power only goes so far. State governors and legislatures have wide authority over local law enforcement, schools, ...

Reid is a longtime political commentator who has been vocal on progressive issues and sharply critical of President Trump.

Johnson, now 69, was facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for being a first-time nonviolent drug offender.

Trump's funding freezes could threaten the Colorado River. Some money was intended to keep the shrinking river flowing. And, ...

As the Trump administration ramps up its rhetoric against Ukraine and NATO, European countries are taking note — with ...

Ihor Brusylo, deputy head of Ukraine's President's Office, tells NPR Trump is a "peacemaker and dealmaker," while expressing ...

Republicans in Congress are turning to a tool of the budget process to pass major elements of President Trump's agenda without the threat of a filibuster from Senate Democrats.

Hill received Secret Service awards and was promoted for his actions that day, but for decades blamed himself for Kennedy's ...

"No one knows what we are supposed to do," said one federal employee amid conflicting and shifting directives on whether to ...

"No one knows what we are supposed to do," said one federal employee amid conflicting and shifting directives on whether to ...

The Trump administration may continue — for now — to keep the AP from covering key events. A federal judge declined to issue ...

Bri McNulty, 23, won her dream job as a CDC fellow working on cancer prevention in Iowa, the state with the second highest incidence of cancer. But she was fired, like so many federal workers.