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The international human rights group Amnesty International found in a recent study that women experience widespread harassment on Twitter. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with project lead Tanya O'Carroll.

Following a messy election, a fresh political season is set to begin in Florida. New state leaders will be sworn in Jan. 8, including incoming Florida...

As the partial government shutdown continues for a third week, listeners across the country are feeling its effects. Two listeners share their stories.

The president said that he will speak to the country Tuesday, prompting the leading Democrats on Capitol Hill to say they are entitled to equal airtime from the TV networks to respond to Trump.

One expert estimates millions of contractors in the federal workforce won't receive back pay when the shutdown ends.

After a long political career, it's Jerry Brown's last day in office. He is retiring after four terms as the governor of California, and we remember his time through some of his more memorable quips.

The 85-year-old liberal justice underwent surgery for cancer last month and also recently broke several ribs after a fall.

People who study Florida prisons closely — from conservative lawmakers to reform advocates and the loved ones of incarcerated people — responded…

Progress in closing the yawning chasm between the earnings of men and women appears to have stalled in Miami-Dade in the past couple of years, even as...

President Trump will address the American people Tuesday night to make his case that there's a crisis at the Southern border. But he often uses misleading statistics as part of his argument.