The 85-year-old California Democrat's departure will mark the end of an era in Congress. In 2007, Pelosi became the first woman elected to serve as U.S. House speaker.

A shrewd political strategist, California Rep. Nancy Pelosi has had an unprecedented career in Congress. First elected in a ...

NPR's data analysis shows that the DOJ has tended to fire judges with immigrant defense backgrounds in its recent rounds of ...

The construction industry, where more than a quarter of workers are foreign-born, has long struggled to find enough workers.

After Republicans lost big in Tuesday's elections, adding pressure to end the government shutdown, President Trump pushed ...

Telehealth for Medicare started during the pandemic and became popular quickly. But the shutdown put an abrupt halt to ...

Holiday travel can already be stressful. Here's how a prolonged government shutdown might make things even harder and whether ...

Peterson says many of her clients are recent immigrants from Venezuela and have difficulty navigating the U.S. credit system ...

The Supreme Court's justices appeared skeptical Wednesday of the Trump administration's argument that the president has the right to impose tariffs without congressional approval.

Wall Street leaders and billionaires spent big to defeat democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani in New York City's mayoral race. Now they have to figure out how to work with him.

The White House has threatened Wikipedia's non-profit status, and Elon Musk has called for it to be defunded. NPR's Bobby Allyn speaks with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales about the attacks.

The bargaining deadline between the WNBA and its players' union has been extended after negotiations failed to result in a contract. NPR speaks with Erin Drake, a lawyer for the union.