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President-elect Donald Trump, in a statement early this morning, announced his intention to nominate the ExxonMobil chairman and CEO to become the country's top diplomat.

After 146 years, Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus is taking down its big top. This week on Florida Matters, we're exploring the history and...

The president is back in Washington, D.C., after spending the holidays in Palm Beach. What are the top items on his agenda for the new year? NPR's political editor has ideas on what to watch.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bruce Klingner of The Heritage Foundation about spies, tricks and intelligence gathering at the upcoming U.S.-North Korea summit in Singapore.

Three of the state’s top Democratic candidates for governor support legalization of recreational marijuana, and the fourth backs decriminalizing pot for...

The ride-hailing service says it is creating 20,000 driver jobs every month. While this makes the service better for customers, drivers worry it will drive prices — and their earnings — down.

For many young readers, Dahl is a beloved author. But to Lucy Dahl, he's also Dad. "Matilda was one of the most difficult books for him to write," she says. "I think that there was a deep genuine fear within his heart that books were going to go away and he wanted to write about it."

There's a form of railroad travel that few people ever see: private railroad cars, which attach to normally-scheduled Amtrak trains and pull riders paying top-dollar across the country. Jordan Salama took a ride on one, traveling between Chicago and Huntington, W.V., to bring us the story of these "yachts on rails."

With days left before Congress aims to wrap for the year, Republicans and Democrats appear more willing to negotiate on a COVID-19 relief bill. But key sticking points remain.

Reactions from Republican lawmakers on President Trump's claims that the election isn't over and that Democrats are trying to "steal" the election have varied.