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Delay tactics forced a short-term partial government shutdown after midnight, but Congress and the president approved the two-year deal early Friday morning.

Emory Rounds III is a career civil servant. If confirmed as director of the Office of Government Ethics, he will take charge of an agency under considerable pressure.

Markets across Europe and Asia have been following Wall Street with major losses this week. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with journalist Liam Halligan.

Stocks were down sharply on Thursday in a selloff that took the Dow Jones industrial average down more than 1,000 points.

A portrait of a justice hangs in the Massachusetts Supreme Court, but nobody knows who the person in the portrait is. The current chief justice is asking the public's help to identify the person.

American troops came under artillery fire in Syria this week. We have the latest on the fighting there and the U.S. involvement in the Syrian civil war.

In a letter to customers Friday morning, the company said it has updated its return policy to give customers one year to return purchases, with a receipt.

Indiana is one of just three states in the country without an official state insect. Legislation passed in the Senate Tuesday would change that.The…

Indiana Senate Republicans approved a resolution this week to study redistricting issues. That comes less than two years after a special two-year study…

The U.S. squad, 242 strong, has more women than ever. It also includes 10 African-Americans, 11 Asian-Americans and the first two openly gay athletes to compete for the U.S. at a Winter Olympics.