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Secretary of Defense James Mattis braved policy differences and style differences with President Trump. What does his departure mean for the White House and what does it say about Trump's Cabinet?

Seattle tried an experiment to increase citizen participation in elections by mailing out thousands of vouchers good for donating to local campaigns. How did the Democracy Vouchers work out?

With Christmas just days away, family and togetherness are prominent themes and thoughts on the minds of many as they prepare to celebrate the holiday....

As the issue of border wall funding threatens to plunge the federal government into a partial shutdown in time for the holidays, an Air Force veteran...

Great sadness often lurks in the midst of holiday celebrations. It’s been long known that the year-end holidays are – for many people – not just...

The Netherlands branch of the organization published a slick magazine about refugees called "Glamoria" and put a flirtatious photo of a woman wearing life jackets on the cover.

Blunt discusses playing the iconic nanny in Mary Poppins Returns. Ken Tucker recommends two new Christmas albums. Hedges stars as a teenager in rehab for opioid addiction in Ben is Back.

Thousands of asylum-seekers in Mexico are waiting their turn to ask U.S. border officials for asylum. A volunteer group of doctors and nurses travel to Tijuana weekly to attend to their health needs.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro asks Randy Heiss of Patagonia, Ariz., about a wish list attached to a balloon that had floated over the border from Mexico. He tracked down the little girl who sent it aloft.

Deputy Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan will assume Mattis' duties starting in the new year. Trump had previously said Mattis would step down at the end of February.