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Attorney General Mark Herring says when he was in college, “some friends suggested we attend a party dressed like rappers we listened to at the time.”

The nomination of Treasury Department official David Malpass already has generated controversy in the international development community.

“I reject the federal contention that there exists an overwhelming national security crisis at the Southern border,” Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said.

The president’s State of the Union address laid out a series of goals, including lowering prescription prices, pursuing an end to the HIV epidemic and increasing research for childhood cancers.

“Victory is not winning for our party,” he said. But, like other presidents before him, Trump alternated his open-handed gesture with occasional hard jabs at the opposition.

Google advertised its new job search tool for veterans during the Super Bowl. The goal is to help vets get hired. But how many veterans work at Google?

A misplaced Grammy nomination meets classic blaxploitation as hip-hop’s rising star recalls the watershed period in her journey to self-discovery.

The U.S. said last week it would stop abiding by the Cold War treaty banning intermediate-range nuclear missiles. “Our response will be symmetrical,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

This week on “Ask Code Switch,” we’re talking about who gets to define beauty norms — and what it means to push back on them.

The president made the case for his agenda, not bowing to the new divided-government power dynamic in Washington. And he did not appear ready to negotiate to avoid another partial government shutdown.

Archaeologists are rushing to uncover, document and preserve centuries-old objects, as new hotels and office buildings go up in the ancient former capital of Japan.

The U.S. and North Korea will meet in Vietnam, Trump told lawmakers during the State of the Union address. The countries will work toward details of denuclearization missing from last year’s meeting.

In the wake of the #MeToo movement, the Roman Catholic Church is being forced to confront evidence that clergy have sexually abused nuns.

Stacey Abrams, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate, is delivering the remarks Tuesday night. Read a transcript of the speech with NPR reporters’ annotations.

The attorney general says the officer was justified because the man was running toward the victim with a firearm. A lawyer for the dead man’s family says the police “feared a black man with a gun.”

The president’s second State of the Union address touched on many of his familiar themes and agenda items but also included moments and proposals that drew positive reaction from Democrats.

The popular British cartoon character ushers in the Lunar New Year with a new movie. But it’s the live-action trailer — and its story of a loving and lonely grandpa — that everyone’s talking about.

British Security Minister Ben Wallace told reporters on Tuesday that the government has reason to believe photojournalist John Cantlie is still being held by the terrorist group.

Questions about who would host the Academy Awards lingered ever since the scheduled host, comedian Kevin Hart, dropped out in December.

The once impressive medical system has crumbled dramatically in Venezuela’s ongoing crisis. Measles is resurgent; HIV patients aren’t getting drugs. Even catheters are in short supply.

SPLC has labeled the far-right Proud Boys a hate group. Gavin McInnes denies that and says the designation has ruined his reputation and caused him and the group to be barred from online platforms.

If temperatures continue to rise, glaciers would begin to disappear, with a serious impact on the area’s water resources.

His three-day trip was intended to promote religious fraternity and diversity, at a time when long-established Christian communities in the Middle East are dwindling.

Chinese experts say the country’s economic, social and political environment played a major role in shaping He Jiankui, the scientist who led controversial research altering the DNA of human embryos.

President Trump is expected to deliver a speech themed around “choosing greatness.” Democrats will offer a rising party star in response.

Immigrants, Border Patrol agents and the first beneficiary of a new criminal justice law will be among those attending President Trump’s prime-time address.

Officials say arson is to blame in the fire that swept through an apartment building in the French capital early Tuesday. It took hundreds of firefighters several hours to put out the blaze.

President Trump said that taming unexpected medical bills would be a top priority for his administration. The sentiment found support from many in Congress.

Rao has been nominated for a spot on that prestigious court opened by the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh. She has drawn criticism for an argument she aired as an undergraduate decades ago.

Skeptics wonder whether the Justice Department’s strategy of indicting foreign cyberattackers is a failure given the continued problem of cybertheft. Boosters say it’s still the right move.

While Abrams lost the Georgia governor’s race last fall, her activism around voting rights and strong performance at the polls made her an attractive choice for Democratic congressional leaders.