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Lawmakers in Texas are in a Republican-led special session to try to redraw voting districts for Congress. Other states may also end up with new House maps soon before next year's midterm election.

In a new book, Kim Wehle explains voting basics. She tells NPR, "if we don't go to the polls to protect democracy itself, it could fail. And I believe that's what's on the ballot in November."

No country can come close to the amount of money Americans spend at the box office… until China came along. The U.S. and Chinese film industries have a long history, with shifting power dynamics.

Until recently, the MAGA world was solidly on the side of Israel in its conflict with Hamas. But the news of starvation in Gaza has created a rift.

When female gorillas leave one social group and join another, they tend to seek out groups with other females that they've lived with in the past, showing the power of long-term relationships.

Of the more than two dozen tariff threat letters President Trump has recently sent, the one to Brazil stood out, not only for proposing the highest import tax, but also for its personal tone.

Health and Human Services head, RFK Jr, is replacing all current members of CDC vaccine advisory committee. We discuss the potential impact on public health policy.

A whistleblower complaint says the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by former members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.

A record number of congressional lawmakers have announced they don't plan to run for their current seats in 2026, including three sitting senators leaving Washington to run for governor.

Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector Cyndi Byrd says state agencies mismanaged or questionably spent almost $100 million in pandemic relief funds during the 2023 fiscal year. The most in a single year so far, by a long shot.