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President Trump wants congressional intelligence committees to investigate whether the executive branch abused its powers in the run-up to last November's presidential election.

Leandra Ruiz of Texas decided to quit beer for Lent. In a cruel twist of fate, Ruiz found out she won a contest: beer delivered by Budweiser's Clydesdales. She'll wait until Easter to enjoy her prize.

Hundreds of federal posts remain vacant, and the president says there are a lot of unnecessary jobs in government. Are the two related?

Trump's previous executive order caused chaos at airports and inspired protests and dozens of lawsuits. The new version omits Iraq, doesn't apply to existing visas and isn't in effect immediately.

President Trump's first action, temporarily barring refugees and travel from specific majority-Muslim countries, had been suspended. The revised order goes into effect on March 16.

Medical breakthroughs that were covered by newspapers were often later disproved by more comprehensive research, a study finds. That's a problem for scientists and journalists.

The state auditor found that $100,000 in retention payments were made to a chancellor who resigned amid controversy, only to be rehired in a new position months later.

A new poll asks Americans to name the most famous feminists. Three of the top four are African-American — Michelle Obama, Oprah and Beyoncé. NPR looks into what it means to have three women of color as the new face of feminism.

Tossing a coin into a pool is believed to be good luck. But it proved to be terrible luck for an endangered sea turtle who consumed nearly 1,000 coins thrown into her pool.

House Republicans released their plan on Monday to redo the Affordable Care Act. Congressional Republicans have voted several times to repeal the law, but President Obama vetoed those attempts.