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The Senate voted around 2 a.m. Friday to confirm retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan Caine as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Trump plucked him from retirement to be his top military adviser.

Guilty or innocent, the drug-corruption trial in New York of high-ranking former Mexican government official, Genaro Garcia Luna, shows the limits of the U.S. to win its decades-long "war on drugs."

Cheryl W. Thompson is an investigative correspondent for NPR.

The House committee investigating Jan. 6 made multiple criminal referrals to the Department of Justice for former President Donald Trump.

Howard Bryant, author of The Heritage, discusses the history of social protest among African American athletes, including Jackie Robinson and Muhammad Ali. Originally broadcast Jan. 13, 2018.

The conservative group that has seen some corporate donors flee because of its involvement in pushing for voter ID and stand-your-ground gun laws, has new troubles. Common Cause has filed a complaint with the IRS that the American Legislative Exchange Council, known as ALEC, violated the limits of its charity tax status.

Senate Democrats have come up with a new compromise bill on voting rights, which includes a voter ID provision. But their strategy to overcome a Republican filibuster is still unclear.

Wired headphones are among the artifacts from the past decade making recent "nostalgic" comebacks. Fashion once moved in 20 year cycles but the nostalgia loop is getting smaller and faster,

Nearly 25,000 mail ballots were rejected for Texas' March primaries. Officials say a design issue with the ballot return envelope was most responsible for the rejections.

Many members of Congress want the Veteran's Administration to pay for services to help all 26 million vets affected by a recent data theft. But some consumer groups say the services don't do much good.