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The White House has been quietly working to draft a bill that aims to unite Republicans on the issue. The plan doesn't deal with the millions currently in the country.

Vigilance and heat are currently your best weapons against bedbugs, exterminators say. But scientists are working on a way to give the bugs the hook with a strategy inspired by a Balkan folk remedy.

The departure follows scrutiny over his role in a plea deal as a U.S. attorney in 2008. The agreement eased punishment for multimillionaire Jeffrey Epstein for alleged sex crimes.

Steve Inskeep talks with Neal Katyal, a former Justice Department solicitor general. He says the phone call at the center of an impeachment inquiry was among other things a campaign finance violation.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's governing Liberal Party is trailing closely in the polls, hurt by ethics and blackface scandals. Can he turn his fortunes around in time to hold onto power?

The Swedish Academy made the unusual move of awarding the honor to two writers this year, after scandal prevented the committee from handing a prize out last year.

While there are no known cases yet of coronavirus in refugee camps, the disease may hit these communities hard, warns Muhammad H. Zaman of Boston University — and it's urgent to mitigate risk.

About half of U.S. rural hospitals operate in the red on a good day. Now facing a pandemic, hospital CEOs warn that, without federal help, their doors may close when the community most needs them.

The FBI managed to put a new encrypted device into drug smugglers' hands — and it became a hit. Authorities worldwide have now made more than 800 arrests and seized tons of cocaine and cannabis.

Are you looking for something to read on your summer vacation? A new memoir by Irish singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor is just one suggestion for books you might want to check out.