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For the first time in five years, the poverty rate in the United States did not increase, according to new numbers released by the Census Bureau. The national poverty level remained steady at 12.6 percent. That's about 37 million people living in poverty, the U.S. Census Bureau says.

The government's latest estimate on the GDP — gross domestic product is 0.6 percent, the second in a row of slight growth. That allows the economy to skirt the classic definition of recession. But it still points to an overall slowdown, which may prompt the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates again today.

The 18-carat gold toilet, valued at nearly $6 million, went missing four years ago from Blenheim Palace — birthplace of Winston Churchill. Police suspect the golden evidence has been melted down.

The Senate Republican leader has consistently clashed with Trump, most forcefully after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

After Hurricane Katrina, many New Orleans charter schools united in a mission to send more students to college. Today, some of those students, now adults, wish they'd been given more options.

Projections of deaths from COVID-19 vary wildly. How are we to make sense of the differences? One researcher has developed one model that compares and merges them all.

Using text messages, video and recorded calls, the DOJ is arguing that the defendants set out to overturn the 2020 election results by storming the Capitol and interrupting the electoral vote count.

NPR speaks with former federal prosecutor Robert Mintz about former President Donald Trump's claims that he's a target of the grand jury probe into Jan. 6.

The future of the far-right Proud Boys is murky after at least 30 alleged members are facing charges in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. Now a former member and the current leader describe their plans.

President Trump has ordered a Veterans Affairs campus in West Los Angeles to house 6,000 homeless vets by 2028, but details are elusive.