NPR's Leila Fadel asks historian George Derek Musgrove about the relationship between the federal government and the nation's capital over the use of law enforcement.

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Most of those detained were arrested for carrying signs supporting a pro-Palestinian group recently banned as a terrorist ...

President Trump promised a weekend crackdown of Washington, D.C.'s homeless population and criminals. Trump activated federal ...

In western Colorado, firefighters are up against windy, hot weather as they try to protect homes and infrastructure from a pair of lightning-caused wildfires.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on his plan for Israel to seize control of Gaza City and the remaining ...

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Leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and European Commission President Ursula von ...

As the postwar international order continues to evolve, NPR explores its past and the present and asks what the future may look like.

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said President Trump has the power to deploy the National Guard, but "none of the ...

After decades of decline, drowning deaths are on the rise in the U.S. But more than 15% of adults don't know how to swim, ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul has until the end of the year to act on a bill that would ban anonymous complaints to the state’s child ...