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The U.S. has the 31st highest rate in the world: 3.85 deaths due to gun violence per 100,000 people in 2016. That was eight times higher than the rate in Canada, for example.

Steve Inskeep talks to former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood about the country's infrastructure and what he'll be looking for in the package President Trump is expected to unveil Monday.

One Maryland woman turned her experiences of being harassed on the D.C.-area Metro rail system into a photo series, putting a face on the problem of sexual harassment on public transportation.

Joel’s a saver to the point that he will continue to wear shoes until they are not much more than a few strips of worn leather clinging to a sole. I’m as…

U.S. stock markets fell early Wednesday after China announced its latest round of retaliation in the escalating tit-for-tat tariff fight. But major indexes were all up by the end of the day.

China responded to a U.S. threat of additional tariffs with a long list of its own. The two sides will likely spend the next few months trying to negotiate a solution that will avert a trade war.

President Trump says he's been talking with Defense Secretary James Mattis about using military troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico.

A push to elbow the judiciary out of school spending by rewording the Kansas Constitution cleared a legislative committee Wednesday. Yet the effort...

The Jackson Magnolia, one of the oldest and storied trees on the White House lawn, just got a major trim. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with historian Jonathan Pliska about the tree's significance.

Mary Louise Kelly talks with David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about the trickiness of tweaking business taxes.