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Disgraced former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling -- convicted of conspiracy, fraud and insider trading related to the 2001 collapse of the Houston-based energy company -- has gotten a decade subtracted from his 24-year sentence.

For nearly a dozen years now, FBI Director Robert Mueller has started his morning — every morning — with a secret threat briefing. On the eve of his departure, he talks to NPR about what leading the bureau has been like in an age of al-Qaida and more.

As immigration reform waits in the wings of Capital Hill, immigrants around the country are taking the opportunity to speak out and push lawmakers to move in their favor.

When you look at a map of places in the United States where people don't have health insurance, what's clear is there were a lot of uninsured people in the Southwest in 2011. The U.S. Census Bureau released a data analysis Thursday that looks at the nation's uninsured population and breaks it down by race, income, age, and sex, down to the county level.

Arizona's governor issued an executive order preventing newly deferred deportees from receiving public benefits or a driver's license.

The vice presidential debate is bound to feature lots of budget buzzwords. They may be shorthand for policies that could have huge impacts on taxpayers and the annual $1 trillion budget deficit.

Florida -- especially South Florida -- is very flat and very low, and in places like Miami Beach and Key West, buildings are just 3 feet above sea level. Scientists now say there may be a 3-foot rise in the world's oceans by the end of the century.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is bringing up bills that are putting Republicans on the spot — like a measure to ban workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. It's pre-election-year positioning — and Republicans are trying to do the same.

Midterm elections are still a year off, but the scramble to gain a political edge at the polls is already well underway on Capitol Hill.

Survivors of the explosions that killed three people and wounded more than 260 are expected to be in the room, The Associated Press reports. So are relatives of those killed and wounded.