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President-elect Joe Biden could be the first Democrat since 1885 to enter office without his party controlling both houses of Congress. That creates challenges for his ambitious agenda.

As coronavirus cases surge across the United States, a second vaccine candidate is said to show great promise. Experts say the first vaccines could become available as early as late December.

The executive order strips protections for thousands of federal workers. The administration says it's needed to get rid of "poor performers," but critics call it an attack on nonpolitical employees.

Just in time for spring training, Emily Nemens, editor of the Paris Review, tells NPR's Scott Simon about her new novel. It's a look at preseason baseball's strivers and dreamers, on-field and off.

The victory, projected by The Associated Press, comes in another close race with Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Ind. The two had a virtual tie in the still unsettled Iowa caucuses.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Republican Congressman Garret Graves of Louisiana about President Biden's meeting with a bipartisan group of members of Congress about his infrastructure proposal.

Officials are meeting in Anchorage for the first Cabinet-level talks between the two countries since President Biden took office. Secretary of State Blinken laid out concerns with Chinese policy.

One of the justice's former clerks, Amanda Tyler, worked with her on the collection that includes historic opinions and arguments from earlier years when she appeared as a lawyer before the top court.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont about his concerns regarding the bipartisan pandemic relief legislation.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with New York Democratic Assemblymember Ron Kim about a legislative push for nursing home reform and the political headwinds from within his own party.