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Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is prolific on the campaign trail with speeches and talking to reporters, but his messaging has at times been overshadowed by controversy often of his own making.

Trump's administration has cleared the way for arrests in schools of people suspected of being without legal status. And, Pete Hegseth battles new allegations before receiving Senate confirmation.

House Republicans are investigating everything from the Biden administration's withdrawal from Afghanistan to the business dealings of the president's son. Here's how the White House is gearing up.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Mexico's ambassador to the U.S. Gerónimo Gutiérrez Fernandez about what Mexico is doing to tamp down on illegal immigration and the state of the U.S.-Mexico relationship.

Santa Ana winds are expected to pick back up, threatening the containment of Southern California wildfires. And, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas reflects on his career.

Six of President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees face confirmation hearings today. Here's whom to watch. And, how to cope with social pressure during Dry January.

Conventional political wisdom says high turnout elections are good for Democrats. Well, 2024 says maybe not. So will Republicans rethink long-held positions on voting access?

Insurgents' stunning march across Syria accelerated Saturday with news that they had reached the gates of the capital and that government forces had abandoned the central city of Homs.

As Syria's economy collapsed during its civil war, the country became something of a narco state. The regime of ousted President Bashar al-Assad earned billions by trafficking in the drug Captagon.

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message urged "all people of all nations" to find courage "to silence the sounds of arms and overcome divisions" plaguing the world, from the Middle East to Ukraine, Africa to Asia.