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The federal government remains shut down. The NPR Network is following the ways the shutdown is affecting services across the country.

A group of Native American students created a video to show that their community is about more than alcoholism, broken homes and crime. The students are in Washington, D.C., Monday to lobby Congress for increased funding for schools on reservations.

The Smithsonian is closing its seven museums and the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. because of the recent spike in COVID cases. Other cultural institutions also announced closures.

The FBI says it has video footage of Rep. Bill Jefferson (D-LA) accepting $100,000 from an FBI informant. Jefferson, who has not been charged with anything, insists that he has committed no crime. NPR's Brian Naylor reports.

A funeral mass took place on Saturday in Washington, D.C. to remember the life of one of the founding mothers of NPR.

The Washington, D.C. area trombonist and composer plays jazz with an island accent, where hard bop vocabulary meets Caribbean rhythms. He previews his next album, Spiritual Awakening, in concert.

He'd been separated from his parents. He was living in a refugee camp in Sudan. And then a snake bit him.

The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., was abruptly closed on Tuesday amid an ongoing legal fight involving President Trump's efforts to have his name on the building and exert control over the institution.

With its flashy swagger and quotable one-liners, Empire, the Fox series about a black music label, has become a cultural phenomenon. A watch party in D.C., had just as much.

Ed Walker, host of "The Big Broadcast" one of the longest running programs in radio, is retiring. His final show airs Sunday on WAMU in Washington, D.C.