Congress returns and works to avoid shutdown
The Senate and House have a narrow window to approve a funding bill to head off a government shutdown on Sept. 30.
Politics & Government
Voting in North Carolina faces some big changes with a Republican-backed bill
Major changes are likely coming to North Carolina's voting rules. A bill would eliminate a three-day grace period for counting mail ballots and expand access for partisan poll watchers.
See how Trump's trials crowd the Republican political calendar
To see the extent to which the Republican political calendar and Donald Trump's legal calendar are intertwined, it's helpful to see them laid out together.
Labor Day is now a key to Election Day for Democrats and Republicans alike
With all that has shifted around in American politics, the Democrats' disconnect from the broad working class is the loss that has cost them the most and threatens them most in the years ahead.
Week in politics: Short-term spending measure; Mitch McConnell freezes again
We take a look at the short-term spending measure President Biden hopes Congress will pass to avoid an immediate government shutdown.
Rudy Giuliani pleads not guilty, won't attend arraignment hearing
The former New York mayor waived his right to appear at an arraignment hearing. He joins the former president in forgoing an appearance before a judge in a packed courtroom with a news camera rolling.
Biden is touring Hurricane Idalia damage. But DeSantis doesn't have plans to meet him
President Biden had said he would meet with Gov. Ron DeSantis during a tour of hurricane damage on Saturday. But on Friday night, the governor's office threw cold water on the idea.
N.C. Republicans seem poised to override the governor's veto of new voting rules
Republican lawmakers in North Carolina have passed a bill to tighten voting access, and may now override the Democratic governor's veto of that legislation.
A Proud Boy pleaded for leniency from a judge, then yelled 'Trump won' on his way out
Dominic Pezzola was sentenced to 10 years. Ethan Nordean was sentenced to 18 years. Judge Timothy Kelly called the events of Jan. 6 "a national disgrace."
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton faces an impeachment trial next week
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sergio Martínez- Beltrán, political reporter for The Texas Newsroom, about the impeachment trial Attorney General Ken Paxton faces with charges including bribery.