Haley signals a new direction for the GOP's national ticket Vice President Kamala Harris' ascent to her current position represents a long step toward making women's full political equality a reality in both parties. Ron Elving
Beleaguered Rep. George Santos appears to be trying to grab even more attention Republicans are urging Rep. George Santos to lie low while investigations play out into his lies and his campaign finances, but the freshman Republican from New York is keeping a high profile. Brian Mann
The U.S. shot down an object over Alaska. It's not clear yet what it was It is unclear what the object is but the incident comes just days after the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina. NPR Washington Desk
Rail workers never stopped fighting for paid sick days. Now persistence is paying off The freight railroad CSX announced this week it had made a deal to provide paid sick leave to roughly 5,000 rail workers. The White House and lawmakers are pushing other railroads to follow suit. Andrea Hsu
Sen. Maria Cantwell questions Southwest over holiday cancellations U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell wants to know how airlines can avoid another debacle like the one that led to more than 16,000 Southwest Airlines cancellations last December. Katie Campbell
Biden had a sick burn in his State of the Union speech. 'Lots of luck' explaining it President Biden wished congressional Republicans "lots of luck in your senior year" during his State of the Union speech — a taunt that had a lot of people wondering. Tamara Keith
Republican State of the Union rebuttals differed in more than just language Republican rebuttals to President Biden's speech were not only given in different languages but touched on different GOP priorities and addressed varied concerns to each separate audience. Ximena Bustillo
WA Democrats claim some Republicans privately support — but may not vote for — abortion protections State Democrats want to add abortion rights to Washington’s Constitution, but they need Republican votes to make that happen. David Hyde
Sen. John Fetterman spends the night in the hospital after feeling lightheaded The first-term Pennsylvania senator is in good spirits and has been talking with staff and family. He suffered a stroke last year, but initial tests Wednesday didn't show evidence of another stroke. Bill Chappell
An organization works to get Republicans to focus on issues important to Gen Z NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Joe Mitchell, who runs Gen Z GOP which supports young Republicans running for office — about the next generation of leadership in the Republican Party.