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The matter of foreign aid has taken on renewed urgency in the Trump administration. And it turns out it isn't easy to figure out whether it's effective.

Regulations proposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau would require lenders to determine whether customers can repay within 30 days before issuing a loan.

Kids born after 1995, also known as Generation Z, will make up 40 percent of consumers by 2020, and retailers are desperate for their attention. NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Karl Haller, a partner with IBM's Global Consumer Industry team, about how much spending money is at stake and how other companies are competing with the tech giant.

It's take two for Bill Cosby's criminal sexual assault trial. This time, there's a new jury, new defense team, new evidence and a new era of accountability for men accused of sexual misconduct.

President Trump pardoned four former private security contractors convicted of killing Iraqi civilians in 2007. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Paul Dickinson, a lawyer for some victims' families.

Chicago's mayor says there must be honesty and integrity in government. Activists and legal experts say the shake-up in the country's second-largest police department provides a time for change.

Many lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are calling for Trump's removal ahead of Joe Biden's inauguration. NPR's Noel King talks to Constitution expert Kim Wehle about the 25th Amendment.

The Justice Department says it has formally closed its investigation into the death of Michael Brown without bringing any federal charges against the police officer who killed him. But the department did find evidence of both indirect and direct discrimination by the Ferguson Police Department and courts.

We're learning more about profits earned by the Sackler family from the sale of Oxycontin. Before Purdue Pharma filed for bankruptcy, the family transferred billions into their personal accounts.

A Christmas Day battle at Fort Ticonderoga between Massachusetts and Pennsylvania regiments in the Continental Army has long been a mystery. Now, new documents detail what happened and why.