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With Joe Biden leading in the polls, Democrats are haunted by the ghosts of 2016 when Hillary Clinton led, too. But there are a few key factors that make this year's election different.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Florida Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran about the push to reopen schools in his state.

The government's $349 billion Paycheck Protection Program had to be thrown together quickly, and the criteria for which companies can receive benefits were kept loose.

The U.S. Capitol and Congressional office buildings are ringed by a fence that went up the day after the Jan. 6 insurrection. Now there's a debate about whether to permanently fence off the area.

Judge Zia Faruqui said Federico Klein's alleged role in the deadly siege, while he was still a government aide, makes him a menace. She said he "was literally directing people" to confront officers.

A vocal pro-democracy website in Hong Kong shut down Wednesday after police raided its office and arrested six in a continuing crackdown on dissent.

Traders who made calamitous bets on corporate debt have cost JPMorgan Chase nearly $6 billion so far. The bank announced the losses on Friday but said the firm still managed to earn $5 billion in the second quarter. But the impact of the trading loss goes far beyond the bottom line.

Amnesty International USA is demanding an investigation into what it says is a lackluster response by Justice Department officials to the 6,000-page Senate torture report released in 2014.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a multitude of legal challenges. What's the status of those investigations?

Former U.S. President Donald Trump is facing a multitude of legal challenges. What's the status of those investigations?

Djokovic, a 36-year-old from Serbia, moved one major singles title in front of Serena Williams to become the first player to win 24 in the Open era, which began in 1968.

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared before the House Judiciary Committee Wednesday, and defended the Justice Department's investigations into the Jan. 6 insurrection and Hunter Biden.

Fifteen years ago this Wednesday, the federal minimum wage went up from $6.55 per hour to $7.25. It hasn't budged since.

A state trial judge denied Kennedy's request for a temporary restraining order to delay the start of sending out absentee ballots and an order that elections officials remove his name.

LeBron James and his son, Bronny, are the first father and son to play in any NBA game at the same time, let alone on the same team.

As America waits for the kickoff of the Men's and Women's NCAA Tournaments, NPR's providing listeners with mini profiles of talented players leading their teams into the tournamen.

Possible holiday government shutdown looms as President-elect Donald Trump and advisers like Elon Musk object to bipartisan spending bill. And, simple ways to help with seasonal depression.

Rock and roll is alive and well atop the Billboard 200 albums chart this week, as Twenty One Pilots' Breach hits No. 1.

There's a lot of discontent with America's political system, including with party-based primary elections. So reform advocates are urging states to move to nonpartisan primaries.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Democrat Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland, who is also a Jan. 6 committee member, about some of the more significant revelations from the testimony of Cassidy Hutchinson.