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Members of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus — co-chairs Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., at lectern, and Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., to his right — took credit for helping to break the logjam on an emergency COVID-19 relief bill.

Congress Passes $900 Billion Coronavirus Relief Bill, Ending Months-Long Stalemate

The legislation extending aid to unemployed, providing money for vaccine distribution and a round of $600 stimulus checks was attached to an annual government funding bill that tacked on other items.

Gen. Jim McConville, the Army chief of staff, visiting Fort Irwin in California's Mojave Desert. The Army is working to get back to large-scale training after a three-month hiatus due to concerns about the coronavirus.

As America Socially Distances, The Army 'Tactically Disperses'

The Army plans to resume large-scale combat training in the Mojave Desert in a few weeks, after a three-month hiatus. A recent simulation showed just how that will work with the coronavirus spread.

Contraband fuel sits on the side of a road in Puerto Santander, Colombia, on May 31, 2019. The Venezuelan government's lack of cash to import gasoline combined with U.S. sanctions targeting the oil sector have led to chronic fuel shortages in Venezuela. That has upended a long-running, lucrative contraband gas trade.

Venezuela's Fuel Shortage Upends Longtime Colombian Border Gas Smuggling Trade

Motorists near Colombia's border with Venezuela used to opt for cheaper, smuggled gas from the neighboring country. Now the tables have turned.

Broken boats and floating debris at a marina in Corpus Christi are among the damage caused by Hurricane Hanna, which was downgraded to a tropical storm and continued to shower Texas with heavy rain on Sunday.

As South Texas Reels From Hurricane Damage, Hawaii Braces For Impact

Heavy rainfall and life-threatening flash flooding continue after Tropical Storm Hanna hit South Texas. Meanwhile, Hurricane Douglas is closing in on the islands of Hawaii.

Colorado, Guns And Politics

In Colorado's 6th Congressional District, likely Democratic candidate Jason Crow is campaigning for more gun control against battle-tested, and NRA-endorsed, incumbent GOP Rep. Mike Coffman.

11 more tips on how to stay cool without an A/C, recommended by NPR's readers

NPR readers share their favorite tips on how to cope with heat without an air conditioner. Among the tips: take a shower with a sheet on, then wear it to bed.

President Joe Biden and Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the Oval Office of the White House.

Biden and Brazil's Lula find common ground against violent extremism

It was just over a month ago that hundreds of extremist supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro, stormed the capital and ransacked the Congress, Supreme Court and the presidential offices.

Why a new special counsel's Trump investigations won't be like the Mueller probe

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Andrew Weissmann, a former senior prosecutor on the Robert Mueller probe, about what's next for the special counsel on the Trump investigations.

Judge heard arguments about when Trump's classified documents trial should begin

Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and his aide Walt Nauta were in a Florida courtroom Tuesday. It's the first pre-trial hearing on classified documents ahead of their federal trial.

A judge sets March 4, 2024, as the trial date in a Trump election interference case

NPR'S Steve Inskeep talks to GOP political consultant Doug Heye, a former communications director for the RNC, about how the date for Donald Trump's federal Jan. 6 trial might affect the GOP primary.

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