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Some people say Congress should invest in better paid and higher qualified staff. NPR's Audie Cornish talks with one of them, Lee Drutman, senior fellow in political reform at think tank New America.

In 2008, Ecuadorean immigrant Marcelo Lucero was fatally stabbed in Patchogue, N.Y. NPR's Ari Shapiro checks in with Sister Margaret Smyth on how the village is doing, a few days before Donald Trump is set to speak at a Republican Party fundraiser there.

French investigators are checking an explosive belt found in a trash bin in Paris to see if it is linked to the November 13 attacks. The city is still tense, with a bomb scare closing part of the metro on Tuesday.

After a summer that went badly, with a chaotic pull-out from Afghanistan and a fourth pandemic wave, the President sees his approval ratings drop and his agenda frustrated.

The ex-chief prosecutor in Haiti was asking a judge to bar the prime minister from leaving the country until he agreed to submit to questioning about the July assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary for Homeland Security, about the state of the nation's security and the efficacy of resource allocation in the effort.

The Biden administration wants banks to report more information on people's accounts so it has a better idea of whom to audit.

A judge is weighing competing claims of victims of the condominium collapse in Surfside, Fla. Condo owners who survived could be named in wrongful death lawsuits filed by families of those who died.

A 2-2 split on the commission could become a 2-1 GOP majority at the end of the year. That could stymie Democrats' efforts on a number of policies, including net neutrality standards.

Miami Police Chief Art Acevedo, a star in law enforcement circles, appears to be out of a job after six months. He's had a rocky tenure, clashing with city leaders who he says are meddling.