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Some insurance companies charge the highest copays for HIV/AIDS drugs, even generics, the civil rights complaint alleges. This could discourage high-cost patients from enrolling in the plans.

The American Federation of Teachers holds its annual meeting this weekend. Its president, Randi Weingarten, talks with NPR Ed.

President Obama has signed an order that reinforces part of a law that's existed for nearly 80 years: Employees can discuss compensation without fear of retaliation. Here's what you should know.

The Wednesday night special meeting in Murrieta was called a day after the U.S. flag-waving protesters forced border officials to reroute the Central American immigrant families and children that had been sent from Texas.

Activists say a federal law that allows employers to pay people with disabilities pennies per hour is out of date and should be changed. But some say the law is a lifeline for the disabled.

Voters in Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska and South Dakota overwhelmingly approved minimum-wage hikes. Illinois voters approved a non-binding wage-hike referendum. Recreational pot was approved in Oregon.

A big part of any State of the Union address is the list of policy proposals for Congress. But do those ideas go anywhere? Here's how well recent presidents have done on this measure.

A three-judge panel said Congress did not intend to give the National Security Agency the authority to collect metadata about Americans phone records in bulk when lawmakers wrote the Patriot Act.

The president took questions Friday afternoon. Afterward, he'll travel to San Bernardino, Calif., to visit families of victims of this month's terrorist attack, before heading off for vacation.

A former defense contractor pleaded guilty in federal court to a conspiracy charge, admitting he and others duped the U.S. Navy into overpaying by at least $20 million for supplies and services to American ships in Asian ports.