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A new 2024 election poll from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist shows fundamental divides over concerns for America's future and what to teach the next generation.

Congressional leaders have agreed to a spending framework to fund the government through September. The decision to back the a plan supported by Democrats could threaten Speaker Mike Johnson's future.

The southern Indian city of Chennai is known for its high achievers. In recent years, it has produced some of the world's most formidable chess players — and the youngest world champion.

Republican Matt Van Epps won the Tennessee 7th Congressional special election, but Aftyn Behn's overperformance has Democrats celebrating, too, and sets up an affordability focus in the 2026 midterms.

Top GOP and Democratic strategists say the global pandemic is shifting the calculations in this November's House and Senate races and could make for an unpredictable year.

Kami Rita Sherpa first climbed to the top of the world's highest mountain in 1994. He has climbed Everest nearly every year since the 1990s — sometimes more than once in a single season.

Some of the greatest summer food experiences take you outside — from shucking corn and barbecuing to spitting watermelon seeds. Chef Bill Smith says his favorite summer memories took place at picnic tables over messy bowls of his grandmother's crab stew.

Rachel Martin talks tennis and the Australian Open with Mike Pesca, host of Slate's "The Gist."

Deep in the woods of New Hampshire, 20 inmates are engaged in a fierce chess tournament in a secluded prison. The prize may be just a paper certificate, but even then, winning means a lot.

Florida voters approved boosting the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour. After suffering big losses on Election Day, some Democrats say it shows their party needs to embrace progressive ideas.