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Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff faces taxpayers who want accountability for the tens of billions of dollars spent on homeland security -- and whether the measures being taken are making the country safer.

NPR's Bob Mondello reviews the film Shattered Glass, a fictionalized account of the false, overly creative reporting by magazine journalist Stephen Glass.

This week we’re playing fun-loving R&B, 2000s throwbacks and an homage to a beloved trans icon.

A heat wave is coming for Oregon this week, which is raising fire danger across thirsty landscapes.

The Senate votes Tuesday on a bill aimed at reforming the Department of Veterans Affairs. The legislation shortens the process to remove negligent employees and gives managers incentives to address poor performance.

You might think a monkey is making a friendly face. The monkey, however, might have a very different message in mind.

A new study by the Government Accountability Office shows that women in the U.S. military have to pay more for required uniform items, but receive less allowance for it.

Ren Zhiqiang made a fortune in real estate and was a member of the country's political elite. But his harsh criticism of the Communist Party and Xi's management of the pandemic led to his downfall.

In May, mining giant Rio Tinto blasted through two ancient rock shelters in Western Australia in order to mine iron ore. The company has been under rising pressure to hold executives accountable.

In The Empire of Necessity, historian Greg Grandin tells the story of a slave revolt at sea. The 1805 event inspired Herman Melville's Benito Cereno, and Grandin's account of the human horror is a work of power and precision.