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NPR's Howard Berkes reports that since the Oklahoma City bombing, American militia groups have expanded their ranks, and their activity. That growth is fueling fears that the groups may be expressing their beliefs in increasingly violent ways.

NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr examines what the voters were expressing when they cast their ballots yesterday. He says the results reveal much of what divides Americans.

Demonstrators gathered outside a largely empty Capitol today. Lawmakers return next week to a lengthy to-do list.

America's librarians announce their top children's book picks virtually on Monday. Among the honors they're awarding are the 2021 Newbery and Caldecott medals.

NPR's Andrew Limbong speaks with former DOJ official Harry Litman, about the final report of the House Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.

Three American professors won this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for their studies on asset prices.

Top leaders from the Justice Department, the FBI and the intelligence community met at the White House amid a new dust-up about the FBI's use of confidential informants.

There was a time when the U.S. believed an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal was critical to U.S. policy in the Middle East. These days, the goals are far more modest.

The 2022 Pritzker Architecture Prize honors Diébédo Francis Kéré, who comes from a village with no school in Burkina Faso. He has designed primary schools for "many children to be happy and learn."

The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate. His departure creates a key opening in Democratic leadership.