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NPR's A Martinez talks to David Wessel of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution about why regulators want to require big banks to hold more capitol as a cushion when things go wrong.

Global climate negotiations ended in Dubai with the first-ever call to move away from fossil fuels, but many participants say the next steps don't go far enough.

A federal commission to reduce the number of missing persons in Indian Country is wrapping up hearings across the country. The U.S. Department of Justice is committing new resources.

Husband and wife Christian and Bridget Ziegler have been rising stars in Florida's Republican party. He's head of the state GOP and she co-founded Moms for Liberty. Both are enmeshed in a sex scandal.

President Trump released his budget request for 2027 on Friday, asking for $1.5 trillion in defense spending.

Maggie Sabatino, a union representative for TSA officers at Philadelphia International Airport, talks with NPR's A Martinez about the DHS shutdown.

Billions of dollars are invested in science every year through philanthropy, with little legal or public scrutiny. Jeffrey Epstein utilized this to cultivate scientists and launder his reputation.

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., ahead of a possible partial government shutdown Friday.

Primary voters in a small number of districts play an outsized role in deciding who wins Congress. The Trump-initiated mid-decade redistricting is driving that number of competitive seats even lower.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Minnesota State Sen. Zaynab Mohamed, who represents the Minneapolis district where a woman was fatally shot by an ICE agent Wednesday.