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Despite anti-Muslim rhetoric and policies, President Trump appears to have gotten more support from American Muslims in the 2020 election than four years ago.

The bill is "nothing more than legislative harassment," ACLU of Ohio lobbyist Gary Daniels said in his testimony against the legislation.

The drilling is scheduled to start this month in waters off the Bahamas, just 150 miles from the Florida coast. It's raising alarms among environmental groups and businesses that rely on tourism.

Gov. Roy Cooper’s efforts to convince Republican legislators to expand Medicaid for North Carolina’s 1.2 million uninsured continued Friday but, judging by initial comments, legislators remain unimpressed.

Congress hit pause on federal student loan payments in the CARES Act. The latest extension of this relief will last until after President-elect Joe Biden takes office.

A legal battle is escalating over Charlotte's most visible homeless encampment, along 12th Street just east of uptown. The owners of a vacant lot across the street are seeking a court order to remove homeless residents, even as the coronavirus pandemic worsens.

Deaths from COVID-19 have jumped nearly 40% this week, and hospitals around the country are straining under their patient load. Here's what happened in the first week after Thanksgiving.

In a rural North Carolina town, photographer Madeline Gray paints an intimate portrait of a girl's basketball team.

It is still not clear if Republicans and Democrats can reach an agreement on a new economic stimulus deal before the end of the year.

NPR's Scott Simon asks Gov. Andy Beshear, D-KY., how he is trying to navigate his state though the economic and health crisis the pandemic presents.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to unemployed hospitality worker Meaghan Reed in Phoenix about how the r/unemployment group on Reddit has helped her navigate unemployment.

Mass vaccinations will start less than a week after the U.K. approved the new drug. Welsh First Minister Mark Drakeford says it could start "a long path back to normality."

The legislation removes cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances and expunges low-level convictions and arrests. But the GOP Senate is not expected to take up the bill.

A Charlotte city commission has recommended changing the names of 10 Charlotte streets with names connected to slavery or other forms of racism. WFAE’s Tommy Tomlinson, in his On My Mind commentary, looks at how one of those streets reflects Charlotte’s changing history.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., about a proposed bipartisan coronavirus relief bill.

Relations between Australia and its biggest trading partner, China, are quickly deteriorating as it pushes back against Beijing's increasingly assertive foreign policies.

The president is set to campaign in Georgia this weekend as he weighs another run in four years. That could upend the ambitions of several other Republicans visiting the state recently.

The money came "pouring in" while the president argued the election had been stolen from him. His campaign, the Republican Party and affiliated committees raised more than $200 million in a few weeks.

Public health workers across the country are quitting and the exodus is particularly pronounced in rural Kansas where public opposition to mask mandates and other public health edicts remains strong.

The president continues to cry foul about an election he lost, but he's running out of time and options, as even his own party is beginning to abandon him.