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President Biden will cut short his trip to Asia in order to keep negotiating with top congressional leaders over the debt limit — with a possible default as little as 15 days away.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Rafael Barlowe, the director of scouting for the NBA Big Board newsletter and host of their podcast, about the NBA draft and how it has changed over the years.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's press office is posting over-the-top social media content that mirrors President Trump's style. NPR asks a media and psychology expert about its effectiveness.

A new WNBA season begins Friday without one of its biggest stars. Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner is still in custody in Russia following a drug smuggling allegation.

Sunny Choi is a New York corporate professional by day and a top-ranked, back-spinning, floor-flipping B-girl off the clock. She competes later today at the World Games in Birmingham, Al.

In Los Angeles, Black Lives Matter activists are taking energy from the streets to the ballot box to oppose the reelection of a district attorney who faces pressure over police accountability.

President Biden is at just 39% approval. "These are sort of rock-bottom numbers," said the director of the survey, which was conducted before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

California schools were once in the top 10 nationally. Now as scores fail, so does the economy, further compromising the school systems. One institution hopes that becoming a charter school may help brighten its future.

Housing affordability is a top concern for Americans. Estimates for the number of needed homes stretch into the millions. It's a tricky business quantifying the U.S. housing shortage.

Before Tuesday, North Carolina had 136 offenders on death row, among the top 5 largest death rows in the U.S. Gov. Roy Cooper's office said it had received clemency petitions from 89 of them.