Hayden was appointed by then-President Obama in 2016 and was the first woman and first African American to serve in the role.

During his homily, delivered in Italian, Leo XIV said that Christians must serve a world that is often hostile to their ...

As Cardinal Robert Prevost's name was announced, a sound of shock rose up. It was something few people had anticipated — the ...

The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Cameron Hamilton, has been replaced. The shake up comes weeks before the ...

A federal court says Alabama can't use a congressional map it found unconstitutional. The ruling comes in a voting rights ...

It can be hard to pick a good karaoke song. You want it to be something you know well enough to pull off onstage, but also ...

The Trump administration slashed funding for the national service agency and fired most of its staff. 32,000 people, mostly ...

Casey Means, President Trump's new pick for U.S. surgeon general faces questions about her medical qualifications. And ...

President Trump said he is appointing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro to be acting U.S. attorney in Washington DC. This is after the president pulled his controversial first pick for the job, Ed Martin.

The first American Pope was born and raised in the Chicago area, and Catholics there are elated with the election of Pope Leo XIV.

What actually counts as a Chinese product these days? NPR's Planet Money explains the counterintuitive rules behind what ...

Growing up, Amy Marshall loved her adoptive parents, but always wondered where she came from. Finally, when she was in her late forties with a family of her own, she decided to find out.