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A bipartisan group of 10 senators has a framework for an infrastructure deal that doesn't include any tax increases, but the White House isn't signed on and lawmakers are still working on the details.

States have begun receiving an unprecedented amount of federal money — $195 billion total. But now many are fighting over how exactly they're allowed to use it.

The bipartisan vote in the Senate on Tuesday gives one of the most prominent skeptics of the tech industry a key role in shaping government regulation of the tech industry.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Byron E. Miller, Juneteenth Commissioner for the Fiesta Celebration in San Antonio, about the holiday's cultural significance and what the new federal recognition means.

Iran has elected hard-line cleric Ebrahim Raisi as its next president. Raisi has the strong backing of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini.

Spain has pardoned nine leaders in the Catalan independence movement, who were convicted of sedition in 2019. Catalonia's 2017 failed bid for independence was modern Spain's greatest political crisis.

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced what the federal government can do to safeguard access to voting. This comes as Republicans seek legislation to control how elections are conducted.

Attorney General Merrick Garland met with The New York Times, CNN, The Washington Post — all news organizations that the Justice Department secretly investigated in search of leaks.

The Trump Justice Department sought metadata from Apple to investigate members of the House Intelligence Committee, a source tells NPR. Democratic leaders want former attorneys general to testify.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Gov. Asa Hutchinson, R-Ark., who vetoed a bill to ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors in Arkansas. The state legislature overrode the bill today.