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Fifteen top posts at the Department of Homeland Security, including retiring Secretary Janet Napolitano's position, are now vacant or soon will be. Many are being filled on a temporary basis, and lawmakers from both sides of the aisle want the Obama administration to get busy filling those jobs, too.

Mexico has reshuffled its top diplomats in the U.S. to counter what it says is rising anti-Mexican sentiment since Donald Trump detailed his plans to force Mexico to pay for a border wall.

A new poll asks Americans to name the most famous feminists. Three of the top four are African-American — Michelle Obama, Oprah and Beyoncé. NPR looks into what it means to have three women of color as the new face of feminism.

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has resigned after pleading guilty to abusing his office, allegedly to conceal an affair with a top political adviser.

U.S. bobsled racers triumphed at the 2010 Winter Olympics, but it's been tough sledding ever since. The American team has lost big sponsors and struggled to win big races. This weekend, the world's top sled teams face off in Lake Placid, N.Y., for the world championships. North Country Public Radio's Brian Mann reports that American athletes hope the home-track advantage will give them a shot at a medal.

NPR's Noel King talks to USA Today sports columnist Christine Brennan about tennis star Naomi Osaka walking away from the French Open after a standoff with top officials over her media appearances.

Actor Val Kilmer has died at 65. Kilmer played Jim Morrison, Batman, and dozens of other characters in movies that helped define the 1980s and 1990s.

Congress is ramping up its probe into hundreds of reports of migrant child labor in the U.S. A House panel grilled a top official of a program responsible for placing these children in safe homes.

President Trump's agenda with China has been impacted by the U.S.- and Israel-led war in Iran, beyond even just the postponement of his trip.

Biss, the mayor of Evanston, Ill., topped political newcomer Kat Abughazaleh, a first-time candidate who ran as an unapologetic progressive in the race to succeed longtime incumbent Jan Schakowsky.