The Biden administration has announced new funding to help food supply chains
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday unveiled $2 billion in new funding to strengthen food supply chains hard hit by the pandemic.
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Investigators say the Uvalde school district police chief isn't talking to them
Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.
John Durham's case against lawyer Michael Sussmann ends in acquittal
A jury has acquitted lawyer Michael Sussmann on the charge of lying to the FBI, dealing a blow to special counsel John Durham, who the Trump administration appointed to look into the Mueller probe.
Abortion bans with no exceptions may be politically risky
Some conservative states pressing for abortion bans with no exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother. But public opinion polls suggest those limits could cause blowback.
Senators try to zero in on ways to address gun violence that might become law
A bipartisan group of senators is trying to settle on a narrow set of policies to address gun violence, following two shooting massacres in Texas and New York.
Senators, 5 Democrats and 5 Republicans, negotiate ways to find a gun deal
NPR's A Martinez talks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, a Democrat from Connecticut, about senators' efforts to address gun violence.
News brief: senators consider gun deal, Shanghai reopens, queen's jubilee
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators delves into gun control. Shanghai residents can leave their homes after two months of lockdowns. And Queen Elizabeth celebrates her record 70 years on the throne.
In Britain, it took just one school shooting to pass major gun control
After the Dunblane massacre in Scotland left 16 students dead, parents organized to make sure it could never happen again. What can the U.S learn from them as we struggle to combat gun violence?
Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (May 31)
A roundup of key developments and the latest in-depth coverage of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Progressives take a leaf out of the conservative playbook to target school boards
There has been a groundswell of conservative enthusiasm around school politics in the last few years. Progressives are hoping to have their own source of organization to counter that enthusiasm.