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Billionaire philanthropist David Rubenstein donated hundreds of millions of dollars to Washington, D.C.'s museums, monuments and historic sites, shaping the cultural landscape of the nation's capital.

Since losing the Georgia governor's race in 2018, Democrat Stacey Abrams has launched Fair Fight — a voting rights campaign that's active in 18 battleground states ahead of this year's election.

Despite affirmative action goals meant to make up for disparities, white-owned businesses win most of the bids for government work. And in many places the numbers are getting worse.

It was former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's first debate after spending more than $300 million on ads. He had an uneven performance, especially when it came to his record on women.

The announcement comes two days after Mike Bloomberg faced tough questions about the issue in a Democratic debate.

Historians say the Trump administration is deliberately destroying its public record, from records documenting mistreatment of undocumented immigrants to notes from meetings with foreign leaders.

South Korea is the latest front in the battle to stop the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the new coronavirus. More than 200 people are now infected in the country.

In another installment of a series about faith and politics, NPR's Audie Cornish talks with a diverse group of Catholics in Las Vegas about the role religion plays in their choices at the ballot box.

A seven-day "reduction in violence" period has begun in Afghanistan. It is the first tentative step toward a U.S.-Taliban peace agreement and ultimately drawing down American forces.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Ben Carson, secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, about his countrywide bus tour to address homelessness, which just visited Los Angeles.