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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., appears in 2009 with then-Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama. McConnell suggested on Tuesday that Sessions run as a write-in candidate to keep former judge Roy Moore from winning his old seat.

McConnell Talks Up Sessions As Write-In Candidate To Replace Roy Moore

Attorney General Jeff Sessions has told people that he has no interest in returning to his old Senate seat from Alabama, as Moore continues to dig in against allegations of sexual misconduct.

A construction worker walks along an apartment and retail complex in Nashville, Tenn. earlier this month.

FACT CHECK: Trump Touts Low Unemployment Rates For African-Americans, Hispanics

Trump's numbers are right, but it's hard to make the case that he should get credit for them.

Uncertainty Over Obamacare Leaves Next Year's Rates In Limbo

While Washington ponders the future of the Affordable Care Act, health insurers need to decide right now what to charge people for health insurance in 2018. "It's insane," says one CEO.

Tribal leaders worry that they will be left out of discussions surrounding major decisions affecting tribes and their land, like that of the Navajo Nation which covers parts of Arizona, Utah and New Mexico.

Tribal Leaders: Infrastructure Bill Should Include Indian Country Priorities

"Tribal infrastructure is American infrastructure," the president of the National Congress of American Indians said in response to Trump's proposal for investing in U.S. infrastructure.

Twins Born Minutes Apart But In Different Years

If little Lorraine Begazo turns out like many big sisters, she'll lord it over her brother Brandon that she's the older one. And she was born the year before he was. The twins were born 2 minutes apart — one on New Year's Eve and the other on New Year's Day.

Female Syrian White Helmets Honoree Had No Hesitation To Join

Members of the Syrian Civil Defense, also known as the White Helmets, came to Washington D.C., to accept an award from Refugees International on Tuesday night. Manal Abazeed stopped by to talk to NPR's Ari Shapiro about her work.

DACA Recipients Uncertain Of Their Status As Congress Works On Potential Deal

While Congress tries to come up with a deal on DACA, thousands of recipients are uncertain about their status. NPR's Kelly McEvers checks in with DACA recipient Juan de la Rosa Diaz, who works at Virginia Tech.

Maryland Farmer Fights To Keep Chesapeake Bay Cleanup Alive

The Chesapeake Bay cleanup depends heavily on farmers taking steps to keep runoff from entering the bay. But the Environmental Protection Agency's plan to help them do it has been controversial. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to one Maryland farmer who changed his mind about the EPA efforts to clean up the bay.

Gen. Joseph Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks to reporters about the Niger operation during a briefing at the Pentagon on Monday.

A Timeline — And Questions — About The Niger Firefight That Killed U.S. Troops

Amid growing political fallout, the Department of Defense has put forward a timeline for the deadly confrontation with militants in Niger that killed four U.S. soldiers.

Baltimore jazz pianist Lafayette Gilchrist's new album features a song dedicated to Freddie Gray.

Lafayette Gilchrist Plays The 'Blues For Freddie Gray'

The jazz pianist's latest album with his go-go backing band features a powerful song he wrote in tribute to the young Baltimore man who died in 2015 of injuries sustained in police custody.

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