The federal government ran out of money after a Democratic-backed spending bill that would have extended health care subsidies under the Affordable Care Act and reversed cuts to Medicaid failed, as ...

Half a century ago, in 1975, 2,074,653 cars built in other countries were sold from US dealerships. This was partly the result of an overall sales downturn following the global energy crisis of 1973 ...

As of 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1, the federal government shutdown after lawmakers in Congress failed to reach an agreement on how to extend funding. Reporters across the NPR Network are digging into the ...