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Last month, a Washington, D.C. subway station was plastered with posters of giant dollar bills. One of them said: "Tell Congress to stop wasting time trying to eliminate the dollar bill." The $70,000 ad blitz was part of a small lobbying war over the fate of the dollar bill.

The British voice mail hacking and police bribery scandal has led to calls for government regulation of the press in one of the world's greatest democracies. Perhaps surprisingly, though, the boisterous British press already operates under more constraints than their U.S. counterparts.

Republican strategists say it's not clear yet whether the primary battle will help or hurt Mitt Romney if he becomes the nominee. He emerged from his win in Florida with both his strengths and his weaknesses on display. Plus, some Republicans worry that the race's negative tone will turn off voters.

The difficulty states have had getting their marketplaces working has been one of the biggest setbacks for Obamacare. Miscommunication, technology failures and management errors all hit in Minnesota.

Cops worldwide are getting savvy about social media, branching out beyond Facebook to solve everything from murder cases to thefts.

Over the years, the Grammy awards have become less and less about music and more about an entertainment spectacle. The nominations were even announced on an hour-long TV show on a Friday night.

Scientists are trying to figure out how chemicals in the air interact with each other to make people sick. So they're building an instrument — a "lung in a box" — that goes way beyond the usual chemical monitors.

When the North American Free Trade Agreement was being negotiated, supporters promised it would increase the income of Mexicans. And the middle class did grow over the past two decades. But it's clear that the country's ultrarich are its big winners.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Minneapolis City Council President Lisa Bender about plans to defund and dismantle the city's police department following George Floyd's death and nationwide protests.

The Supreme Court ruled on two key cases that deal with President Trump's financial records and whether they can be subpoened by Congress and a New York grand jury.