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Democrats passed the $1.9 trillion bill on a party-line vote, and Republicans do not appear ready to compromise on infrastructure, voting rights, the minimum wage, immigration or much else.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Monday that she will extend the “pause” on indoor restaurant dining and in-person high school and college classes for…

A global team of activists and researchers has been tracking false and misleading claims about climate change as world leaders meet at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow.

Long ago, way back in, say, the 1980s, there was something quaint about most elections in this country: Candidates did not actually begin running until…

Plus: Do kids really need masks if they've been vaccinated and had COVID? And what kind of masks should kids wear?

The state's health care system is buckling under the joint weight of rising COVID hospitalizations, the non-COVID patients pouring into Emergency Departments, and a "brutal" staffing shortage.

Books We Love, formerly known as NPR's Book Concierge, is back for 2021. Here are a handful of books that NPR staffers named as some of their favorites of the year.

The over 2,700-page bipartisan bill, finalized Sunday night, includes money for roads, transit systems and high-speed internet access. It's the first phase of President Biden's infrastructure plan.

Environmentalists are calling on presidential candidates to commit to doing more to protect the Great Lakes. The "Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes…

States are releasing "Crisis Standards of Care" guidelines, aimed at helping desperate hospitals discern how to allocate scarce resources. But the guidance doesn't factor in health care inequalities.