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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries speaks with NPR's Michel Martin about his new book "The ABCs of Democracy," and Democrats' outlook following the 2024 election.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says President-elect Trump wants "measurable impacts" toward ending chronic disease within two years. About 60% of Americans suffer from at least one chronic disease.

NPR's Steve Inskeep asks the Brookings Institution's Jon Valant about President-elect Trump's campaign promise to close the Department of Education.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Edward Whelan of the Ethics and Public Policy Center about President-elect Trump's influence on Senate Republicans' selection of a new majority leader.

A federal judge has ruled that a Louisiana law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms is unconstitutional.

Trump has made some unconventional and surprising choices when it comes to his foreign policy and defense team, like his plan to nominate Fox News host Pete Hegseth to be secretary of defense.

Congress comes back for a lame-duck session with a packed agenda, including voting on a new Senate majority leader.

Where did Democrats go wrong with men this election? How did Republicans win them over, and how might Democrats work to win some of them back?

A New York judge is set to decide whether President-elect Donald Trump has immunity from prosecution in his criminal trial, ...

The incoming Trump administration has expressed a desire for a big overhaul at the Department of Justice and the FBI.