People were forced to leave their pets behind during Hurricane Katrina, creating an unprecedented animal welfare crisis that ...

Unlike humans, plants and fungi can't sign contracts. Without courts to enforce binding agreements, a primary way to ensure ...

NPR talks with Christopher Purdy, an Army National Guard veteran and veterans' and democracy advocate, about Trump's order calling for creation of a "specialized unit" of D.C. National Guard troops.

No neighborhood was hit worse in Katrina than New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward and it's been one of the slowest areas to rebound ...

U.S. Judge Royce Lamberth ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to be deposed about her plans for Voice of America, ...

Inside the federal courthouse in Washington, D.C., on Monday, tensions over the potential for federal overreach broke into ...

After giving birth to her second child, NPR's LA Johnson struggled with scary thoughts that didn't seem to go away. She ...

After President Trump's summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska and Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, where do things stand when it comes to Russia-Ukraine peace talks?

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, was taken into ICE custody Monday after an immigration check-in. A judge later ruled he cannot be deported for now.

The Trump administration has called to stiffen penalties for minors accused of crimes in D.C. Does that lower youth crime? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with juvenile justice expert Vincent Schiraldi.

Trump signs executive orders focused on law and order in Washington, D.C., Trump moves to fire member of Federal Reserve's governing board, Kilmar Abrego Garcia taken into ICE custody again.

NPR asks Rohit Chopra {ROH-hit CHOH-prah}, formerly of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and Federal Trade Commission, about Trump's efforts to reshape institutions like the Federal Reserve.