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The next attorney general will inherit a wounded institution marred by scandal, desertions by senior staff, extremely low morale and a host of thorny issues, ranging from immigration to the treatment of detainees held at Guantanamo Bay.

As of Thursday, credit card issuers are now required by law to give borrowers at least three weeks to make a payment and 45 days' advance notice of any rate change. During that time, consumers can search for a better deal. But that doesn't mean consumers will pay more — or less — in the aggregate.

President-elect Barak Obama is expected to offer the top job at the Department of Homeland Security to Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, two officials familiar with Obama's plans told NPR Thursday.

Here's something that you don't often see in civil rights law — two opponents agreeing on a law that would extend civil rights protection to millions of people. Lobbyists for people with disabilities and the business community have done that. Both sides are trying to get Congress and the White House to go along with it.

The Justice Department's inspector general testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that politicized hiring at the department was not just a case of a few bad apples. But he doubts anyone can be prosecuted for their actions.

As Wall Street struggles to rebound in the midst of the U.S. economic meltdown, pundits and analysts are still searching for answers as to what led to the collapse. Some say the real culprit is the Community Reinvestment Act of 1977.

President Obama has appeared reluctant to review the alleged misdeeds of Bush administration officials who signed off on harsh interrogation tactics after the attacks of Sept. 11. But recent revelations have made such a review look increasingly likely.

California ranks 48th in the nation in the percentage of high school seniors who go on to a four-year college the next academic year, according to the annual California Educational Opportunity Report

A conservation group says the Pacific and Atlantic oceans are absorbing too much carbon from excessive greenhouse gas emissions. The organization wants California and other west coast states to use th

President Obama is expected to outline his plan for the war in Afghanistan Tuesday night. We speak to NPR White House correspondent Scott Horsley on the president's options for the war, the health care debate and a jobs.