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A new book takes on an overlooked flaw in human judgment that can affect an organization's ability to make sound decisions about hiring and more.

President Trump has threatened to close the U.S. border with Mexico in response to a large number of illegal crossings. A closure would very likely hit a wide range of industries.

British Prime Minister Theresa May's third attempt at getting lawmakers to approve her plans for the U.K. to leave the European Union failed in Parliament on Friday.

Salvatore Scibona's new novel is a generational saga, an epic of Vietnam and other places rendered in language that makes even simple things sound mythic. But first, a boy is abandoned at an airport.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Thomas Rid, professor of strategic studies at Johns Hopkins University, about how hackers are using software developed by the NSA to attack government computers.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is retiring after three years in the post. He became a national figure touting entitlement reforms but failed to enact any.

Identity politics have become a major fault line in American elections. A look at how identity politics played out in Georgia in 2018 and what lessons it gives us for 2020.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with ProPublica's Sebastian Rotella on his reporting that the Trump administration shifted resources away from border smuggling investigations and toward more deportations.

Juan Guaidó is 0-for-3 in his attempts to incite a military uprising in Venezuela, but the opposition's broader effort to oust President Nicolás Maduro is still alive, writes WLRN's Tim Padgett.

Attorney General William Barr's refusal to appear before a House committee is forcing Democrats to rethink their oversight strategy for the Trump administration.