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As Congress considers a bipartisan bill to keep premium prices down on the Affordable Care Act's marketplaces, a long-standing fight over abortion reappears.

The candidates are separated by just hundreds of votes. That's a big turnaround from President Trump's 20-point victory in 2016. It has many Republicans worried about a possible Democratic wave.

President Trump won the congressional district by 20 points in the 2016 election. But the race is close, and Republicans are spending heavily to try and stave off a public-relations disaster.

More than 9 in 10 Americans support mandatory background checks for all gun buyers. That's one finding in a new NPR/Ipsos poll that shows an increasing level of support for gun control policies.

Here's your guide to the state of redistricting in six key states. The U.S. Supreme Court is set to decide three major cases this term that could determine how districts are drawn for the next decade.

Members of the Freedom Caucus warned of political consequences for House Speaker Paul Ryan if he brings an immigration bill to the floor that they believe breaks promises made by President Trump.

The Illinois GOP has failed to keep a gadfly candidate, white supremacist Arthur Jones, from being the only Republican congressional candidate on the general election ballot this year.

More than ever, Americans seem to be taking sides not according to issues or ideology but according to their political tribe. But the public is also more politically engaged than ever before.

If voters punished Republicans over the last shutdown, it was by giving them the Senate majority. Since then, a blinding news cycle had made each crisis only more forgettable than the last.

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist survey finds Americans believe Trump has divided the nation in his first year as president. But people who backed him in 2016 continue to be firmly behind him.