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Medicaid spending on medications used to treat opioid addiction has risen sharply in recent years.

Medicaid Expansion Has Delivered Access To Addiction Treatment, Report Finds

The Urban Institute reports that Medicaid spending on drugs used to treat opioid addiction and overdoses has risen sharply, raising questions about the potential impact of Medicaid cuts.

WH Opioid Commission Member Weighs In On Progress Made In Addressing Crisis

At the beginning of November, the six-member White House opioid commission delivered 56 recommendations to President Trump, for reigning in the nation's opioid crisis. On Thursday, the White House hosted a summit on opioids. Commission member Bertha Madras speaks with NPR's Ari Shapiro about the progress she sees happening, or not, toward those 56 recommendations.

Who's In Charge? An Awkward Monday Is Coming For This Federal Agency

The outgoing leader of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau named a replacement upon resigning. But the president has different plans, fueling a legal battle over who holds the power to appoint.

Officials investigate the scene where the Austin bomber — identified as Mark Anthony Conditt — died in an explosion early Wednesday

Mark Anthony Conditt: What We Know About The Austin Bomber

With a bombing spree seemingly over, interest now turns to the chief suspect in the attacks that struck fear and anxiety into thousands of people.

White House physician Dr. Sean Conley, with medical staff, gives an update on the condition of President Trump on Saturday at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md.

White House Official Calls Next 48 Hours 'Critical' For Trump's Care

President Trump's physician, Dr. Sean Conley, told reporters on Saturday morning that Trump was "doing very well." But an official identified as chief of staff Mark Meadows gave a different account.

Milo Yiannopoulos, a conservative writer and Internet personality, holds a news conference down the street from the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Fla., last month.

Twitter Permanently Suspends Conservative Writer For Targeted Abuse

The suspension of Breitbart News editor Milo Yiannopoulos comes amid a recent campaign in which users tweeted hundreds of racist and abusive messages at Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones.

Why Doing The Right Thing Doesn't Always Work In A 'Rules World'

Host Michel Martin shares her thoughts on rules and how they trap people from following their instincts, in her regular 'Can I Just Tell You' essay.

Somali-Americans rally in Minnesota in 2012, after the only bank that supported the money-exchange system called <em>hawala</em> withdrew from those transactions. Other banks eventually stepped in to fill the demand, but one of the last to facilitate the transfers plans to stop doing so at the end of the month.

As Wire Transfer Options Dwindle, Somali-Americans Fear A Lost Lifeline

Every year, money transfer brokers help Somali-Americans send more than $200 million to family members in Somalia. But one of the few banks to support that process will soon back out.

Mines No Safer Despite $1 Billion In Fines, Federal Audit Says

A Labor Department audit found no correlation between the federal system that fines mining companies for unsafe conditions and safety in mining operations.

Roughly 40 million Americans are likely to see their credit scores drop by 20 points or more. An equal number should go up by as much.

FICO Is About To Change Credit Scores. Here's Why It Matters

The firm says 40 million Americans' scores will drop by more than 20 points, and a similar number will rise.

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