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Congress returns to work this week after taking most of the autumn off to campaign. Host Rachel Martin speaks with NPR's Washington editor, Ron Elving, about the long congressional to-do list during the so-called "lame-duck" session.

Some of the same podcasters who backed President Trump last November have grown frustrated over the handling of the Epstein case, saying officials haven't keep their word to make more details public.

President Trump is in Scotland. On Sunday, he said he struck a trade deal with the European Union. On Monday, he is expected to meet the prime minister of the U.K.

Nike is dropping three of its most popular basketball silhouettes just in time for the WNBA All-Star Weekend in Indianapolis — including New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu's Sabrina 3s.

The album's namesake, Polari, is a set of a few hundred words and phrases that was adopted by gay men as a way of speaking in secret during periods of criminalization.

NPR newsroom chief Edith Chapin says she's leaving the network. She made the announcement just days after Congress voted to strip public broadcasting of all federal funding.

A week from now voters will elect a new president — and they will decide who controls both the Senate and House of Representatives. The new president will need allies on Capitol Hill.

The Chinese have been trying to quash Tibetan independence for decades. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Barbara Demick about her new book, Eat the Buddha, which examines repression in one small town.

President Trump says he's deploying hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, D.C. But the latest official figures show that crime rates have fallen dramatically in the city.

People who buy their own health insurance are facing significant price hikes next year as federal tax credits passed by Congress during the COVID-19 pandemic are set to expire in December.