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We examine how a vulnerable Democrat from Alabama is approaching President Trump's impeachment trial. Senator Doug Jones is up for reelection in a state where Trump has a 59% approval rating.

The Women's National Basketball Association announced a new collective bargaining agreement that will provide significant pay increases, additional benefits and maternity leave for athletes.

Lawmakers in Virginia are set to take important votes on the Equal Rights Amendment amid a renewed push to ratify it. Activists from across the country, who remember the fight decades ago, look back.

After five seasons on Saturday Night Live, Leslie Jones is back on stage doing what she loves: stand-up. NPR's David Greene talks to Jones about her new Netflix comedy special: Time Machine.

Maine's governor issued what's believed to be the state's first posthumous pardon — acknowledging that state officials had framed a lawyer for trying to win legal rights for one of the state's tribes.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Mark Alexander, dean of Villanova University's law school, about the latest Democratic debate. He has prepped candidates, such as Barack Obama, for previous debates.

A group of moms occupying an empty house in Oakland, Calif., have been evicted and arrested. They were squatting to draw attention to the city's housing and homelessness crisis.

As part of NPR's series "One-Hit Wonders / Second-Best Songs," NPR Music's Ann Powers nominates "Jesse" by Janis Ian. She's known mostly for her 1975 hit "At Seventeen."

Nearly 1 in 7 women suffers from depression during pregnancy or postpartum. But very few get treatment. Doctors in Massachusetts have a new way to get them help.

A group of registered child sex offenders in Aurora, Ill., may have to move out of their ministry-run home or face felony charges.

The candidates clashed over war, gender and health care with less than three weeks to go before the first votes in the Democratic presidential nominating fight.

Watch the celebrated opera star deconstruct old Italian love songs with her signature flair, backed by a crack jazz ensemble.

The House will vote later Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate. The long-awaited move sets the stage for a Senate trial to begin next week.

President Trump is set to sign a deal with China on Wednesday. The agreement relaxes some U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports. In exchange, China is expected to buy more from the U.S.

Michael Flynn, who held the post of national security adviser in the Trump administration for less than a month, was set to be sentenced on Jan. 28.

"Given the findings and the commissioner's ruling, we collectively decided that it would not be possible for Alex to effectively lead the club going forward," the team said in a statement.

Six candidates are onstage beginning at 9 p.m. ET as the field shrinks and the standards rise. The debate is taking place in Iowa, less than three weeks from the caucuses. Follow live coverage.

Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine says he's won support from key Republicans to limit the president's war powers. But a Senate impeachment trial could throw off timing for the plan.

Researchers in Norway say the data-sharing appears to violate European data privacy laws. In the U.S., groups are asking state and federal regulators to investigate whether the practices are illegal.

Promising to try to avert war from outer space through strength, Gen. John "Jay" Raymond was sworn in as the first commander of the newly created United States Space Force.

Foxconn was touted as part of a new revival in U.S. manufacturing, and state officials offered nearly $4 billion to lure the company to Wisconsin. Things haven't gone quite as planned.

A little-known provision allows the U.S. education secretary to erase student loan debt without going to Congress. Elizabeth Warren says, if elected president, she would put that provision to use.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, after being called to testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday regarding Iran.

Emergency units treated 17 children and 9 adults after an LAX-bound aircraft dumped fuel on its way to a safe emergency landing, fire and aviation authorities said.

The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in the "Bridgegate" case. The high court's ruling on the New Jersey scandal could prove more consequential if criminal convictions are thrown out.