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More than a year after two major storms hit the U.S. Virgin Islands, the new governor says burdensome regulations have slowed recovery. Many homes are still uninhabitable and lack secure roofing.

The federal government accused John Kapoor, the founder of Insys Therapeutics, and his co-defendants of running a nationwide bribery scheme that contributed to the opioid crisis.

The president's budget is expected to propose drastic cuts to government programs. But NPR has learned it will also call for increased spending on child care, something Ivanka Trump has championed.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, about potentially running a presidential campaign in 2020, and what it would take for Democrats to win over Trump voters.

The speculation surrounding a string of mail bombs harks back to another era in American history, when bombs were a tool of political intimidation and when bombings were blamed on the victims.

President Trump held a campaign rally in Florida on Wednesday — the first of 11 he is planning in the next six days. His immigration message may help GOP Senate candidates but hurt in House races.

Migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea refused to return to Libya, saying they'd been tortured. After more than a week, Libyan coast guards boarded the ship and put the migrants in detention.

A new Texas law says hospitals and insurers will have to work it out when they can't agree on a price — instead of sending huge unexpected bills to patients.

President Trump says he might be open to taking information from a foreign government in a future election, calling it a part of politics. But the law draws a distinction when foreigners are involved.

Joaquin Phoenix renders the iconic villain on an intimate, human scale in Joker, a disturbing film about one man's psychological destruction and a city's descent into criminal anarchy.