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Pennsylvania has gone more than 90 days without a state budget. An impasse over Pennsylvania's budget is pitting newly elected Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf against a Republican-controlled Legislature.

The Democratic presidential candidate says she would act through executive action to close the "gun-show loophole" and tighten Internet sales, if Congress doesn't act.

Officials said there were "credible reports" that one team intentionally lost a game to prevent another team from advancing. To settle the matter, those teams faced each other in a playoff.

Coca-Cola is funding a new nonprofit that blames obesity on lack of exercise, not on bad diets. NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Anahad O'Connor of The New York Times about the group's controversial message.

When the remaining GOP candidates debate Saturday, several will be making their last pitch for why they should stay in the race. Meanwhile, Donald Trump returns after skipping an Iowa debate.

Paul Ryan will officially ask his party to nominate him for speaker of the House on Wednesday. He has secured the support of the most conservative and rebellious members, but can he govern them?

We found out when we talked to some of the 500 high schoolers who came to Johannesburg for a model U.N. We also learned a few of their favorite phrases.

A long process to ease trading between the U.S. and 11 Pacific Rim nations is closer to being finalized, as negotiators cleared hurdles on how to handle everything from cars to dairy products.

The U.S. beat China Friday night in the quarter-finals of the Women's World Cup. And the WNBA season is heating up. NPR's Scott Simon and NPR's sports correspondent Tom Goldman talk women's sports.

More and more Americans are pursuing graduate degrees in Germany, where tuition is often free and many classes are taught in English.