A partial government shutdown is now underway. How long it will last depends on congressional agreement over a DHS funding deal that proposes new guardrails on immigration enforcement.

NPR congressional correspondent Barbara Sprunt watched U.S. lawmakers attempt a diplomatic rescue mission in Denmark amid the Greenland crisis.

Losing democracy once can make it harder to restore it, even after a democratic government returns to power. University of Birmingham professor Nic Cheeseman analyzed three decades of data.

What does it mean to have faith, and where do our moral codes come from? Scott Carter of 'Ye Gods' podcast tries to tackle these big questions.

Dorothy Brown, a Georgetown University law professor, lays out a case for reparations in her new book Getting to Reparations: How Building a Different America Requires a Reckoning with Our Past.

Who are the Bnei Menashe, an ethnic group from India that has been immigrating to Israel? Judy Maltz of Ha'aretz has covered the community for more than a decade.

Madison Beer talks about her new album 'Locket', and growing up in the public eye since age 13.

A judge has ordered the U.S. to release a father and 5-year-old son who were taken into custody during the immigration crackdown in Minnesota. A judge previously ruled that they could not be removed from the U.S. for now.

The actor was best known for playing Lamont Sanford, opposite Redd Foxx's Fred Sanford in the hit 1970s sitcom. Wilson died Friday from complications related to cancer, his publicist said.

An ICE unit from the US Department of Homeland Security is playing a role providing security at the Winter Games. At past Olympics, their involvement would have been unremarkable. But after the violence in Minneapolis, many Italians protesting in Milan say ICE agents are no longer welcome.