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Miss Wheelchair Nigeria advocates for people with disabilities. This week, she introduced President Obama as he spoke to young African leaders. But she still faces discrimination in public bathrooms.

NPR Politics adds context, analysis and checks facts in Trump's Thursday night address to the Republican National Convention.

Florida Rep. Henry "Trey" Radel is being charged with cocaine possession and faces arraignment on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki warned lawmakers on Wednesday that the partial government shutdown means that about 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month.

Naval Medical Center Portsmouth in Virginia is currently on lockdown, after a service member was stabbed outside the Navy exchange on the hospital's grounds. The Navy has identified the suspect as Petty Officer 3rd Class Wilbur Harwell.

The "October surprise" has a long history in American politics, but not as long as you might think — and not as consequential as you might think, either.

The nation's capital went on high alert Monday morning after a shooting incident at the city's U.S. Navy Yard that caused multiple casualties -- including, according to news reports, federal law enforcement sources and medical personnel, at least a few deaths.

Weather permitting, on Wednesday morning you'll be able to see the second lunar eclipse visible in North America in a series of four that runs through next year.

Despite a history of Democratic electoral solidarity, a trip through the Northeast finds Republicans hoping to make inroads in November and Democrats pushing for the voting power of immigrants.

Many immigrants in San Diego County are rushing to naturalize in time to vote with the help of a local program called Cultivando Liderazgo.