A range of crime data has been going around to make the argument that Washington, D.C., is — or isn't — safe. We talk to ...

The suffering of America's gun violence crisis is concentrated in Black neighborhoods damaged by decades of disinvestment and ...

Parade, the Tony award-winning musical about the 1915 lynching of a Jewish man, begins its run in Washington, D.C. amid an ...

For years, research has shown a digital divide when it comes to schools teaching about new technologies. Educators worry that ...

The Aid Worker Security Database, which has compiled reports since 1997, said the number of killings rose from 293 in 2023 to ...

What's next for President Trump's push to broker an end to Russia's war on Ukraine after extraordinary meetings with Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House on Monday?

NPR talks with Evelyn Farkas, a former Pentagon official who's now executive director of the McCain Institute at Arizona State University, about prospects for a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

NPR's A Martinez speaks with Texas state Rep. Mihaela Plesa about the decision by Democratic lawmakers to end their redistricting standoff with their Republican counterparts.

California Democratic lawmakers are in Sacramento advancing a plan to overhaul the state's congressional map to counter a move in Texas that Trump is driving to get an edge in the 2026 midterms.

President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and seven European leaders met to talk about ending the war that Russia started in Ukraine. NPR reports on the view from Moscow.

Despite objections from homeless advocates, the White House says more than 40 homeless encampments have been removed in D.C. since President Trump announced a federal law enforcement surge.

Generations of spectators and competitors take over a small hamlet in Western N.Y. each summer to participate in a motorsport ...