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Citing political risks and a rising debt burden, Standard & Poor's lowered the U.S. AAA credit rating by one notch to AA-plus. This is the first time in history that the United States has had its credit rating lowered. The agency said the deficit plan passed by Congress did not go far enough to stabilize the country.

Corporations spend millions to attach themselves to the Olympics, getting exclusive rights that they hope will boost the corporate image in return. But they also provide behind-the-scenes perks, like doing athletes' laundry, providing free food and handing out diapers for their children.

Eric Holder tells the Senate Judiciary Committee that, if confirmed as attorney general, he would work quickly to remake the embattled Justice Department. He also said he would classify waterboarding as torture and stated his objection to rendition.

New studies look at how the mRNA vaccines affect the cells in your body in the short run and the long run. The findings are a counterpoint to concerns about waning immunity.

A new documentary goes behind the walls of the deadly 1971 uprising. Attica filmmaker Stanley Nelson and former prisoner Arthur Harrison reflect on the five-day revolt, and its lasting legacy.

Pollsters say that candidates who are women are uniquely positioned to do well in 2018 — and that many voters choose partly based on gender (even when they don't realize it).

The Build Back Better agenda is the largest expansion of the social safety net in decades. Democrats say they learned from the debate over the Affordable Care Act and are selling their bills sooner.

With Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, Cathy Yan is the first Asian American to direct a superhero movie. She tells NPR's Ailsa Chang about her second feature film.

The family history of SARS-CoV-2 is not what virologists expected — and it sheds light on the coronavirus that launched a pandemic. Check out our illustration of the virus's family tree.

Lawmakers are pushing for a "do-over" of an Interior Department contract to review tribal jail deaths awarded to a former official. Nearly half of the deaths he was to review occurred on his watch.