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Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is introducing a resolution to rename the Russell Senate Office Building after the late Sen. John McCain. Russell has been criticized for his anti-civil rights record.

NASA pioneer mathematician Katherine Johnson celebrated her 100th birthday on Sunday. The black West Virginia native helped calculate the trajectory of space missions and was portrayed in the movie Hidden Figures.

NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Arizona Republic columnist Laurie Roberts as Arizona voters head to the polls Tuesday — setting up the race to replace departing Republican Sen. Jeff Flake.

The uproar over clergy sex abuse has turned into a fight over Pope Francis. Some conservative critics say the pope ignored warnings about an archbishop's misconduct and tolerated "homosexual networks" in the church leadership.

Defense Distributed can't publish its DIY gun designs online until a court case between the states and the federal government is resolved. But the designs are already circulating.

U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill continued her criticism of President Donald Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs, which she says could do lasting economic...

Jared Kushner was CEO when, New York City says, his real estate company filed false paperwork. A company owned by former Trump attorney Michael Cohen is also under scrutiny.

The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen also says the multicenter study of life-threatening sepsis will at best produce confusing results. A Harvard doctor and designer of the research disagrees.

The rally had right-wing protesters, some thrusting Nazi salutes, as well as leftist counterprotesters. It was triggered by the arrest of a Syrian and Iraqi man in connection with a fatal stabbing.

A Senate candidate in Arizona raised eyebrows with comments about McCain a day before he died. A Trump ally is vying to be governor of Florida, where a gun debate was reignited by a weekend tragedy.