Politics

Book bans in schools can violate federal civil rights laws if they create a hostile environment for students. The Education Department will have a new point person to talk to schools about bans.

President Joe Biden and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak are due to meet Thursday at the White House, where they'll likely focus on the war in Ukraine and NATO.

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy emerged from his first major fight as speaker with a debt ceiling deal. But it wasn't without controversy — or a big dose of bipartisanship.

Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, will join Treasury Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo at the Capitol Thursday to announce the funding.

Justice Clarence Thomas' disclosure form had been eagerly awaited in the wake of news reports that he accepted luxury trips worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from GOP megadonor Harlan Crow.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries sat down with All Things Considered's Juana Summers to talk about the recent debt ceiling negotiations and what this says about the direction Congress is headed.

As the influence of Moms for Liberty grows in some school districts and conservative political circles, the SPLC compares the group's agenda to segregationist efforts of an earlier era.

The two-term Republican governor has made news over the past year for championing far-right conservative policies aimed at curbing abortion access and transgender rights.

Former Vice President Mike Pence in Iowa Wednesday will make his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination official. There are questions about how he'll go up against former President Donald Trump.

An Oklahoma school board has approved what would be the first taxpayer-funded religious school. It's a virtual school and opponents say they'll take legal action against it.