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The 1,600-page omnibus spending bill includes language that raises contribution limits to the national party committees, bringing them above the realm of merely wealthy donors. Under the provision, donors can give a party a total of $778,000 — each year, an eight-fold increase.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Chris Vickery, a cybersecurity expert who found the Republican National Committee left identifying information of nearly 200 million voters exposed online.

Carlos Alejandro Guerrero, a project superintendent with Austin-based D Guerra Construction LLC, was charged with criminally negligent homicide in connection with the death of Juan José Galvan Batalla, according to the Travis County prosecutor's office.

Scientists report that gene therapy restored at least some hearing and speech for five out of six children with a rare form of genetic deafness.

The day after the worst plane crash by a South Korean airline on Korean soil, the focus turned to returning victims' bodies to their families and investigating the cause of the crash.

Aid organizations say money is generally more helpful in the short-term than items or volunteering.

The Pentagon held its first ever Energy Expo this week. One conclusion? The best way to sell the military on green tech may be to make sure it's lethal.

A debate over the statue of Lincoln and a freed slave in Washington, D.C., led two history professors to discover Frederick Douglass' letter, which could sway some opinions on the matter.

NPR's Scott Simon muses about how the media covered Roseanne Barr's tweet compared with a new count of the lives lost and devastated by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.

The Federal Reserve moved aggressively Wednesday to start cutting interest rates as easing inflation fears gives way to concern about the job market.