A new law includes a provision that could mean bettors pay more during tax season. Major poker players are calling on Congress to royally flush the measure down the drain.

Now that President Trump has signed Republicans' massive overhaul of the federal student loan program, we explain what's set to change.

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders says he’s working to undo key aspects of what he calls “the worst and most destructive piece of legislation in the modern history of this country.” At a rare in-person press ...

School vouchers are going national and the federal student loan system is getting an overhaul. Here's what to know.

Multiple residents of the facility were declared dead at the scene of the Gabriel House fire, with many others taken to area hospitals in varying conditions. At the scene Monday morning, Fall River ...

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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Robin Rudowitz vice-president of the health policy organization KFF about the Trump administration idea that Medicaid enrollees could replace migrant farmworkers.

The finale of Love Island USA airs Sunday night. Critic Aisha Harris says it's impossible to separate the season's racial and ethnic diversity from the show's mealy-mouthed handling of ...

And I'm Juana Summers in Washington, where House Republicans just passed President Trump's tax and spending bill and sent it to his desk for a signature. The bill cuts nearly a trillion dollars from ...

Congress passed the tax cut and spending megabill with President Trump's legislative priorities which includes new tax exemptions for tipped hourly workers. But how will it work?

You’ve probably seen a bald eagle in a film or TV show, where the bird soars gracefully and swoops with might to catch its prey. As it flies, it makes a grand, airy, screeching sound. But the truth is ...

At peak hours during this week's heat wave, solar panels on homes, businesses, parking lots and alongside roads are helping relieve stress on the electric grid.