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Constitutional law scholar Kim Wehle talks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about her book "Pardon Power," exploring how the pardon system works and why.

For generations, Americans have built wealth by purchase a no-frills starter home. But these entry level homes have become scarce and it's preventing many young people from becoming homeowners.

The Republican Party is reeling from the U.S. Capitol siege that President Trump helped to incite. He also received blame for the GOP loss of the Senate. Yet, many party voters remain loyal to him.

The first payments have gone out to parents. Tens of millions of families will receive up to $300 per child. The tax credit is part of the stimulus package that Democrats passed in March.

The agreement could push the fight over how to raise the nation's borrowing limit to December.

Their workload has doubled. They don't go home when their shifts end lest they infect family members. But they say it's worth the sacrifices to lend a hand in the fight against COVID-19.

With his relatively smooth international trip behind him, President Joe Biden has returned to a very deadlocked Washington DC, where centrists in his own party are locking key pieces of legistlation.

How will Amy Coney Barrett's originalist interpretation of the Constitution impact the Supreme Court? NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Randy Barnett, constitutional law professor at Georgetown Law.

Israelis go to the polls this Tuesday, April 9. A win by Netanyahu could make him the country's longest-serving prime minister — and take Israel further to the right.

It's been eight years since the Syrian uprising that led to civil war. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Syrian-American journalist Alia Malek about the conflict and where it may be headed.