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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Joan Rohlfing, president and COO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative about the current status of nuclear weapons globally.

The independent senator from Vermont held his first rallies as a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate over the weekend. He's raised more than $10 million and signed up a million volunteers.

Lawmakers in New Hampshire rarely recuse themselves from voting on legislation even when that poses a serious conflict of interest.

Health care workers in the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo say if the government doesn't improve their security in one week, they will walk off the job.

Until now, the only Denisovan remains came from a cave in Siberia. The new find is "much more complete," one expert says.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Baltimore Sun reporter Luke Broadwater about Baltimore Mayor Catherine E. Pugh's resignation on Thursday.

The picture emerging of the perpetrators of Sunday's attacks that killed more than 350 people is one of relative privilege. The country's defense minister says one bomber had studied in the U.K.

NPR's Noel King talks to columnist and commentator Cokie Roberts, who answers listener questions on the history of how the government has responded to epidemics and health emergencies.

A record number of women were elected to Congress during the 2018 midterm elections. A new organization, called Supermajority, is trying to ensure that women's voices are heard in politics.

Facebook has banned some users known for espousing conspiracy theories and inflammatory rhetoric, among them Alex Jones and Louis Farrakhan. Washington Post reporter Tony Romm talks about the move.