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With the implementation of the new Common Core standards, parents across the country will notice a few changes in their kids' math homework.

A new study on Inuit in Greenland suggests that Arctic peoples evolved genetic adaptations that allow them to get by mostly on seal blubber and meat without developing health problems.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Whit Ayres, a Republican political consultant in Washington, D.C., about the state of the GOP now that former President Donald Trump is no longer in office.

Steve Inskeep talks to Rep. John Shadegg (R-AZ), the latest to jump into the race to succeed Tom DeLay as House majority leader. Though Shadegg also accepted money from lobbyist Jack Abramoff, he insists he's more committed to reform than his two main rivals -- the current acting majority leader Roy Blunt (R-MO) and John Boehner (R-OH).

Normally, more involvement in democracy is a good thing. But officials worry people could be motivated to take their election watcher roles too far.

Two of the closest U.S. Senate races in the midterms in November are in Arizona and Nevada. The Senate is 50-50, and Republicans aim to gain an advantage.

Nancy Pelosi, the first and only woman to serve as speaker, says she will step down as leader of the House Democrats next year. Now, a new batch of lawmakers is in the leadership spotlight.

Fox News has settled a lawsuit over false claims it aired following the 2020 presidential election. It will pay nearly $790 million to Dominion Voting Systems.

In the days after Alabama's Supreme Court deemed frozen embryos to be "extrauterine children," the chief justice's ties to a movement that experts call "Christian extremist" have come to light.

For some Christians in the U.S., the 2020 Covid lockdowns fueled the belief that they were being politically persecuted, prompting them to now resolve to "take back" America as the election nears.