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After former Israeli President Shimon Peres' death, the country has been somber in remembrance. Leaders and mourners marked the passing of one of Israel's last remaining founders.

Americans eat more than 40 pints of ice cream each year. Where did our love for ice cream come from? Journalist Amy Ettinger says it dates back to our Founding Fathers.

Steve Inskeep talks to Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp about two Senate votes on bills that would end the government shutdown. NPR's Domenico Montanaro weighs in on the issue.

There's a key window leading up to Jan. 19, when government funding expires, if the two parties are going to agree on a permanent fix for people currently protected by the expiring DACA program.

The Fed will continue raising interest rates this week as inflation continues to soar. Some CEOs worry the fight to bring prices under control could end up sparking an economic downturn.

6:30 p.m. In his speech, Trump also spoke out against abortion and in favor of pro-life policies and other conservative Christian agenda issues such as...

The deadline was Monday but Congress has stalled on taking action. Steve Inskeep talks to Democratic Rep. Luis Gutierrez of Illinois, a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, about what's next.

Bowe Bergdahl's release and the prisoner swap that made it possible are raising thorny foreign policy questions, which are being voiced most loudly at this point by congressional Republicans.

Law and order has been a major theme this year on the campaign trail. But that means very different things to the two major party presidential candidates.

Autoworkers at Volkswagen's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn., will vote in mid-April on whether to join the United Auto Workers union. Mercedes workers in Tuscaloosa County, Ala., will soon follow.