On Wednesday, Fed officials lowered interest rates by a quarter-point, roughly in line with people's expectations.

It only took a week after Donald Trump’s inauguration before Democrats and the media began to warn that our democracy faces a grave and potentially fatal threat. On the second weekend of Trump’s ...

A divided Federal Reserve cut its benchmark rate by a quarter point for the third straight meeting but signaled caution about further easing. The 8-3 decision lowers the benchmark rate to a range of 3 ...

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. While you might immediately think this is all a recipe for a stalemate in Washington, ...

How we did this This analysis focuses on public attitudes toward the COVID-19 pandemic in 17 advanced economies in North America, Europe and the Asia-Pacific. For non-U.S. data, the report draws on ...

A recent podcast series digs into the beginnings of conservative talk radio and tracks its rise. NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Katie Thornton, the host of "The Divided Dial." Before the attack on the U ...

He stood on the outer edge of the sidewalk, hands clasped behind him—handcuffed, perhaps, by the immensity of the moment. He knew the city of Springfield, Illinois, well. But on June 16, 1858, Abraham ...

In 1882, Mary Todd Lincoln was an old woman living on a hill on the outskirts of Springfield, Illinois. She kept her curtains drawn, never went outside, never received visitors. Neighborhood children ...