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When homeowners can't, or won't, pay their property taxes, local governments auction off the right to pay those taxes to private companies. Housing advocates say this creates a burden for homeowners.

President Trump says director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney will be acting White House chief of staff, replacing John Kelly at the end of the year.

This week in the Russia investigations: Headlines and courtroom action are coming thick and fast in the final weeks of the year, but a core "collusion" case remains unproven.

NPR's Scott Simon discusses the week in sports with ESPN's Howard Bryant, including impressive wins by the NBA's Toronto Raptors and the NFL's Los Angeles Chargers.

A federal judge in Texas issued a ruling Friday declaring the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, apparently setting the stage for another hearing on the health care law by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Two years after East Liverpool, Ohio, gained notoriety from a viral photo of an overdosed couple, the community is coming to terms with its addiction problem — and taking tentative steps forward.

So far this year, 61.34 inches of rain have fallen in Washington, breaking a 129-year-old record.

A new poll from the University of Maryland shows Americans are increasingly supportive of a one-state solution in Israel. NPR's Michel Martin interviews Professor Shibley Telhami about the findings.

NPR's Michel Martin talks to "March For Our Lives" chief strategist Matt Deitsch about the preliminary findings released by a commission to examine the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

A new study shows that creating an environment in which math is part of everyday life, can help kids do better in the subject.