As NPR podcast hosts and language experts, we regularly hear people misusing words that seem alike but mean very different things. We call them "confusables" — because they are, well, confusing. These ...

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Senate Republican and Democratic leaders say they need to resolve an objection from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) about a provision ...

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Kentucky GOP Sens. Rand Paul and Mitch McConnell are clashing over a provision that opponents say will destroy the growing ...

As the federal government shutdown stretches on, families who rely on SNAP benefits are preparing for the possibility that they could cease as early as Nov. 1.

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A federal judge in Chicago ordered authorities to improve conditions at an immigration facility after a group of detainees ...

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The House on Wednesday passed a sweeping spending package to reopen the government, setting the stage to end a marathon shutdown — the longest in U.S. history — that churned economic turmoil ...