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A member of a search and rescue team combs the ruins of a mobile home park Wednesday in Paradise, Calif. Hundreds of people remain missing, and survivors are struggling to cope with life after escaping the Camp Fire.

With 1 California Fire Contained, Survivors Find Rays Of Hope Amid The Horror

Southern California's Woolsey Fire is now fully under control, while the Camp Fire up north isn't yet completely contained. Hundreds there are still missing — but survivors are trying to be thankful.

Then-President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew wave to the crowd at the Republican National Convention in 1972. Agnew would resign a year later.

'Bad Behavior By People In High Office': Rachel Maddow On The Lessons Of Spiro Agnew

Richard Nixon's first vice president resigned in 1973 amid charges of bribery and tax evasion. Now, Maddow and her former producer Mike Yarvitz revisit the Agnew story in the podcast Bag Man.

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks to reporters in his Capitol office for the first time in months on Jan. 11, 2021.

Pritzker Unfreezing Regions From Highest COVID Mitigations Doesn’t Mean Indoor Dining's Return —

Update Friday, Jan 15: Twelve hours after this story was published, Gov. JB Pritzker announced he is revising Tier I mitigations to allow for indoor...

Conservative Climate Caucus leader previews the group's roadmap

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Republican Congressman John Curtis of Utah, the chair of the Conservative Climate Caucus.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., appears before the House Rules Committee at the Capitol in Washington on Sept. 22. Gaetz introduced a Motion to Vacate House Speaker Kevin McCarthy that led to the first ouster of a sitting Speaker in American history.

Jeered in Washington by his fellow Republicans, Rep. Matt Gaetz gets cheers back home

The Florida congressman is proud to be the one to oust former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. That move hasn't won him any prizes with House Republicans but his constituents want to see more just like it.

President Biden speaks during a rare formal news conference on the last day of his first year in the White House.

Biden's predecessors could have felt his first-year pain

Yet these early reversals haven't always been hobbling. On the contrary, three of the past four presidents elected — and five of the past eight — have recovered from shaky starts to win re-election.

Presidential Candidates Await Results In New Hampshire Primary

In just minutes, final polls close in New Hampshire, and the candidates await results in the state's presidential primary contests.

Harold Dahmer, whose father Vernon Dahmer was killed in 1966 by the Ku Klux Klan, smiles when he sees a photograph of his younger self on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

'Uncomfortable' Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Aims To Face Past, Move Forward

Organizers hope to stay focused on the museum's message for its opening, despite African-American congressmen's objections to President Trump's presence.

People march to protest the Supreme Court's decision in the <em>Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health</em> case on June 24 in Miami.

Can a teen be too immature to choose abortion? This court case shows the complexities

A Florida court ruled that a parentless 16-year-old seeking an abortion was not "sufficiently mature" to make that decision. The case highlights the longstanding challenges of parental consent laws.

GOP megabill heads back to the House for final approval

The Senate successfully passed the massive tax and spending bill on Tuesday, and now it's on to the House where Republicans still need to overcome hurdles within their own party.

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