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The Census Bureau has stopped trying to produce a count of unauthorized immigrants, ending the agency's role in Trump's bid to alter census numbers used for reallocating House seats, NPR has learned.

Scientists, public health experts and opposition politicians have raised questions about one of the two vaccines the country of 1.4 billion people has authorized for emergency use against COVID-19.

A grand jury has indicted Des Moines resident Doug Jensen on six charges for his role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of pro-Trump extremists. Photos and videos of the Des Moines resident during the siege have been circulated widely, showing him wearing a QAnon T-shirt and confronting law enforcement officers.

A federal judge halted the execution of Lisa Montgomery mere hours before she was set to die by lethal injection. She would have been the first woman to die by the death penalty in nearly seven decades.

The U.S. Supreme Court vacated several lower court orders blocking her execution by lethal injection, clearing the way for the first federal execution of a female inmate in more than 67 years.

Roy Austin Jr. will fill the new position, which was created by Facebook after a scathing audit released in July 2020 concluded the company's policies had caused "serious setbacks for civil rights."

In an exclusive interview with NPR, Sen. Dick Durbin and Rep. Ayanna Pressley discuss their push to end capital punishment at the federal level as their party takes full control of Congress.

Alice Navarro of Austin, Texas, and Barry Neely of Los Angeles discuss how their symptoms have evolved months after contracting COVID-19.

The plan, long endorsed by conservatives, would give the state broad flexibility in running its health insurance program for the poor, while capping annual federal funding for the program.

Experts argue that pushing out more COVID-19 vaccine doses to states sooner may be a good idea, even if it means there's a chance some people's second dose gets delayed.