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Forget Wealth And Neighborhood. The Racial Income Gap Persists

A new study finds that the gap is actually largest in America's wealthiest neighborhoods, challenging widely-held beliefs about the relative impacts of class and race on life outcomes.

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions delivers remarks during the daily White House press briefing on March 27.

Too Close For Comfort: Insiders Worry About DOJ Lawyers Speaking At White House

Recent appearances by the attorney general and a U.S. attorney at the White House podium have some current and former Justice Department officials worrying about law enforcement independence.

Joe Biden, seen here speaking in Delaware just before leaving for Washington, D.C., has planned a flurry of executive actions for the start of his presidency.

What Did Biden Do On His 1st Day As President?

Biden signed 15 executive actions on priorities including COVID-19, climate change, racial justice — and a rollback of some Trump rules.

Shamsia Alizada, left school in 2018 after an ISIS suicide bomber struck the academy in Kabul where she was studying. Now she's scored the highest grades on Afghanistan's nation-wide university entrance exams at a time when negotiations with the Taliban threaten the rights of women in the country.

Coal Miner's Daughter Is A Heartwarming Hero In Afghanistan

Shamsia Alizada dropped out of the Madwdud Academy in Kabul after a suicide bomber killed more than 40 students. But she returned — and has scored top grades on the country's college entrance exams.

Technicians work on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, which will launch in December. Astronomers say the next big telescope should be designed to search signs of life on planets that orbit distant stars.

Astronomers want NASA to build a giant space telescope to peer at alien Earths

NASA should work toward a new space telescope that could view small planets around distant stars with the potential to host life, expert panel says

There is a reshuffling underway at the Federal Reserve

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to David Wessel of the Brookings Institution about President Biden expected to announce soon his choices to fill the three openings on the Fed Reserve Board.

Thomas Dobbs is the state health officer at the Mississippi State Department of Health. His name appears on the landmark Supreme Court case on abortion rights, despite having "nothing to do with it," he has said.

The abortion case is named after Thomas Dobbs, who says he has nothing to do with it

The "Dobbs" in the case title refers to Thomas Dobbs, an infectious diseases doctor who became Mississippi's top health officer the same year the state adopted new abortion restrictions.

DOJ reveals more evidence of obstruction in Mar-a-Lago probe

The Justice Department pushed back on claims from former President Donald Trump. And the DOJ provided new evidence about possible obstruction of the probe into top secret documents at Mar-a-Lago.

New White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough (left), at Friday's announcement. Behind the president: outgoing Chief of Staff Jacob "Jack" Lew, who has been nominated to be Treasury secretary.

Obama Names New Chief Of Staff, New Counterterrorism Adviser

Top aide Denis McDonough is moving into the chief of staff's office. Justice Department official Lisa Monaco is taking on the counterterrorism post.

The Political Blame Game For Failures Of The Afghan Withdrawal Has Begun

Two days of congressional testimony from the country's top military leaders has put the battle for that narrative on center stage.

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