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Over 20 states are trying to bar people from using food assistance to buy candy and soda, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has said he'll expand the ban. Some recipients fear they may lose aid altogether.

The polarizing and showboating new prime minister has vowed to deliver on the U.K. leaving the European Union in October, whether or not a deal is reached.

The House intelligence committee met behind closed doors with the inspector general of the intelligence community amid reports the president's communications with a foreign leader raised concerns.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., about a letter he signed with other former senators, urging the current Senate to rise above party affiliation and ideology.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, about why he and other House members struck a deal to support Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House after leading a movement to oppose her.

When homeowners can't, or won't, pay their property taxes, local governments auction off the right to pay those taxes to private companies. Housing advocates say this creates a burden for homeowners.

Democrats unveiled new legislation to enhance background checks on the eighth anniversary of the Tucson shooting that injured former Rep. Gabby Giffords, D-Ariz. But the gun lobby vows to oppose it.

Using the COVID-19 pandemic to score political points is dangerous and will result in "many more body bags," the WHO's leader said less than a day after President Trump criticized the organization.

HUD says it is releasing more than $8 billion in aid to Puerto Rico. The deadline to do so was in September. The aid is for rebuilding after devastating Hurricanes Maria and Irma struck in 2017.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Tim Cato, an NBA writer for The Athletic, about the hot start Luka Doncic has gotten off to for the Dallas Mavericks.