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NPR's John Burnett spent a day with Border Patrol agents in the San Diego sector. Only 14 miles of that 60-mile sector is currently unfenced. More fencing would free up manpower for other tasks.

The companies behind the now-closed Virginia facility pleaded guilty to violating the Animal Welfare Act and Clean Water Act. Animal rights groups applaud the development and say there's more to do.

Federal judges have enormous power over their courtrooms and their chambers, which can leave employees vulnerable to abuse, with few ways to report their concerns anonymously.

Should a president have total control over the Fed? Both candidates vying for the presidency have differing points of view.

In one form or another, all those questions are back on the table this term — mainly to take a second look at appeals from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers Texas and parts the South.

The 2025 Pulitzer Prizes were announced Monday afternoon. Percival Everett won the award for fiction for his novel James, a powerful re-imagination of Huckleberry Finn.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with sujatha baliga, who was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship last week, about her work in restorative justice.

Samuel Kangethe has lived in the U.S. for nearly two decades, but an unresolved immigration case has made him deportable. He's decided to return to Kenya, leaving his wife and three children behind.

Policy experts say new SNAP changes don't address the challenges faced by single parents. They also argue that losing food assistance will only create more barriers for struggling families.

A student lawsuit to revive a decades old Kentucky Supreme Court case faced its first hurdle in court this week. What is the Rose decision, and why are Kentucky students in court to declare the state’s education system unconstitutional?