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Shanahan has served as acting defense secretary since former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned last December over President Trump's decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria.

This season's final competition, originally scheduled for mid-March, had to be bumped up by two weeks. "The river was already melting," the town's mayor explained.

Regulators missed a chance to find out if deceptive practices at Facebook came from the top when they decided to enter into a settlement with Zuckerberg instead of questioning him, an FTC member says.

The South American country is home to the Andes Mountains and the Atacama Desert, places that have some of the stillest and driest air in the world. That makes them ideal for astronomy.

NPR's Ari Shapiro, speaks with Iain Dale, host of London radio station LBC, about the race for prime minister in the U.K. and the candidates, Jeremy Hunt and Boris Johnson.

While the president has always spread his insults far and wide, the volume of personal insults and extreme language that he directed at African Americans in Congress stood out.

The House speaker has been working privately for months on legislation aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs, a rare shared priority with President Trump.

Noel King talks to John Murphy, senior vice president at the chamber, about why retaliatory measures imposed in response to U.S. tariffs would raise prices, cost jobs and threaten the U.S. economy.

Northwest farmers produce a quarter of the country's alfalfa seeds, but they get help from millions of alkali bees, thanks to one of the most unique agricultural partnerships in the country.

If Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were removed, Francisco is the next in line to supervise the Justice Department's special counsel investigation.