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On this tax deadline day, President Obama plans to highlight some of the tax cuts included in the economic stimulus plan. Yesterday, the president delivered a lengthy speech about how the U.S. got into the recession, where the economy is now and his plans to encourage a more prosperous future.

By Associated PressSpringfield, IL – Illinois Governor Pat Quinn's office is reacting to a Chicago Tribune report that says nearly three-quarters of state…

Kentucky's new school accountability system has awarded the highest five-star rating to 56 schools, while 89 schools lag at the other end of the scale…

Saddam Hussein thought Russia and France would prevent an American-led invasion in the leadup to war in 2003. So says a Pentagon report that uses seized documents and interviews with former Iraqi officials to detail the last months of Saddam's regime.

The Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California's history, has killed at least 56 people. On Wednesday, the Butte County Sheriff's Office said 130 people are still missing.

A new study finds that the tendency for some children in their early adolescence to sleep less presents a danger to their mental health. The study, in the recent issue of the journal Child Development, says children who get less sleep may develop symptoms of depression and low self-esteem. NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports.

North Korea sold nuclear fuel to Libya, according to a report in The New York Times. Libya surrendered the uranium to the United States earlier this year -- enough to have supplied material for a nuclear bomb. Hear NPR's Liane Hansen and New York Times White House correspondent David Sanger.

A Senate Intelligence Committee report issued Friday suggests that the global intelligence community, in investigating whether or not Saddam Hussein's government had access to weapons of mass destruction, suffered from a "collective groupthink," which led them to misinterpret "ambiguous evidence." All Things Considered explains the term "groupthink."

Three of the leading GOP candidates for president all campaigned in South Carolina on Friday. We have three reports: David Greene is traveling with Mike Huckabee; Debbie Elliot is on the scene with John McCain; and Adam Hochberg is watching Fred Thompson.

A report released by the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom finds that thousands of asylum seekers are treated like serious criminals -- placed in solitary confinement and shackled -- while their claims are being evaluated. The commission's co-chair, Felice Gaer, discusses the findings with NPR's Madeleine Brand.