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House Democratic leaders aim to get President Biden's multi-trillion-dollar budget plan over a key hurdle. Voting came to a standstill Monday night as negotiations continue with moderate lawmakers.

Afghans who made it out are being taken to transit centers before going to a third country. One of those places is a U.S. air base in Qatar. NPR's Leila Fadel speaks to Al Jazeera's Jamal Elshayyal.

Delta will not mandate employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus, but its CEO says the charge is necessary because the average hospital stay for the virus costs the airline $40,000.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Carter Malkasian, historian and former adviser to the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, about Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar and his talk with the CIA director.

The U.S. retail industry is setting records: workers quitting and workers hired. Wages are finally growing. And despite the pandemic devastation, brand-new stores are still opening.

This was Biden's first visit as president to honor dead service members and comfort their relatives. The fallen service members included 11 Marines, an Army soldier and a member of the Navy.

The effort to get people out of Afghanistan includes a man working all night, every night, on a farm in Missouri. He's a congressional staffer talking with upwards of 100 Afghans stranded in Kabul.

Presidents' reactions have consistently combined outrage with promises of revenge. The language is remarkably similar. But there has been far less consistency in the delivery of actual retaliation.

A Minnesota school district can't find enough bus drivers — it's offering $3,000 hiring bonuses and paying families to drive their own children. Many districts across the nation need bus drivers.

The Harlem Hellfighters served in a segregated U.S. Army unit and were known for their valor and skill on the battlefield, even while facing discrimination from fellow soldiers and at home.