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If confirmed, CIA Director Mike Pompeo would be a very different secretary of state than his predecessor, Rex Tillerson. Here is where they stand on North Korea, Iran, trade and chemistry with Trump.

Last year, 139 wrongfully convicted inmates were exonerated. That's a drop from 2016, when there were 171 cases, data from the National Registry of Exonerations shows.

Medicaid expansion is a real possibility in Virginia this year. The matter will be taken up in a special session after lawmakers failed to agree on whether or not to do it in the regular session.

David Greene talks to DNC chief Tom Perez about the too-close-to-call special election for a Western Pennsylvania congressional seat between Democrat Conor Lamb and Republican Rick Saccone.

German lawmakers officially re-elected Chancellor Angela Merkel to lead the country "in what will be her last and likely toughest term."

Waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods appear set for another round of litigation in the court of public opinion as the Senate prepares to vote on Gina Haspel as CIA director.

Taylor Richardson set up a GoFundMe to raise $15,000 to send 1,000 girls to see the Disney film. But, with the help of J.J. Abrams, Chris Pine and Oprah, she surpassed her goal.

A new report cites tremendous progress in bringing down rates of child marriage, especially in India. But critics raise concerns about some of the data points.

NPR's Sarah McCammon speaks with Victoria Nuland, a former assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs about the Mike Pompeo's nomination to lead the State Department.

The Senate-passed bill sharply reduces the number of banks that have to go through annual "stress tests" to determine whether they could survive an economic downturn or financial crisis.