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Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Oregon have the highest risk of seeing increased militia activity around the elections, according to a new report obtained exclusively by NPR.

U.S. officials say Iran is behind threatening election emails to voters. The final Trump-Biden presidential debate is hours away. And, Purdue Pharma reaches a deal with DOJ over OxyContin sales.

President Trump issued pardons to service members accused to war crimes, despite opposition from the Pentagon.

Ahead of the release of Letter To You, The Boss spoke to Morning Edition about revisiting older material, finding hope in these unusual times and attending to his audience's spiritual needs.

Here's what the presidential candidates' policies are on handling COVID-19, from testing to a vaccine.

Republican officials asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday to move up North Carolina’s recently extended deadline for accepting late-arriving absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day.

The election season's spotlight on the militia threat is glaring for Eric Parker. Federal authorities consider him a domestic extremist. That hasn't stopped his run for the Idaho Legislature.

Here's how the national security priorities of the Republican president and his Democratic challenger compare.

One Pensacola, Fla., family backed Trump in 2016, acknowledging it was a gamble. NPR checks in to see what they think of his presidency and how they might vote in 2020.

The closer Taiwan and the U.S. become, the greater the risk that China could lash out.

The Affordable Care Act's future is uncertain and there's no end in sight to the pandemic. But for the 2021 insurance year consumers can expect to see modest increases in prices, if any.

On an eight-hour Emirates flight, with mask-wearing enforced, a whopping 27 coronavirus-positive people boarded the plane in Dubai. Guess how many passengers got infected?

More hospitalized patients are surviving than early in the pandemic. Improved treatments make a big difference, but so does flattening the curve to keep hospitals from overfilling, researchers say.

Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is removing former North Carolina Gov. Cameron Morrison's name from its SouthPark-area branch because "systemic racism and inequity have no place in public libraries," officials announced Tuesday.

Every 30 seconds, a young Latino becomes eligible to vote, according to the Pew Research Center. Latino voters will make up the second-largest voting bloc behind white people, but they lag behind Black voters in showing up to the polls. North Carolina is no exception. So, what’s on the minds of young Latino voters in the Charlotte area and what will drive them to vote?

The fire started in the boat's salon, where divers had plugged in phones and other devices. Investigators pointed to the lack of a night watchman as a reason for high casualty numbers.

Lawyers for the Justice Department and ACLU have revealed that they haven't been able to find the parents of 545 migrant children separated by immigration officials at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Most states have surging coronavirus case counts — 15 are up 40% or more. The start of what could be a third U.S. peak in cases first took hold in rural states, and they are straining to keep up.

In Los Angeles, Black Lives Matter activists are taking energy from the streets to the ballot box to oppose the reelection of a district attorney who faces pressure over police accountability.

COVID-19 antibody drugs appear to be helping people avoid hospitalization. Tens of thousands of people a day could be candidates to take the drugs, but the scarce supply has to be rationed.