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But Carson says that "how a person thinks" is only one component that contributes to being poor. He spoke to NPR about the comment and how his agency hopes to "break these cycles" of poverty.

Congress returns Monday from the Memorial Day recess without any discernible progress in the Senate on health care legislation — and time is getting short.

New Jersey and Virginia are the only states holding gubernatorial elections this year. In New Jersey, there's been a lack of enthusiasm among voters in both parties ahead of Tuesday's primary.

After the London attack, Trump turned to Twitter and used the tragedy to push his travel ban, which is blocked in the courts. On Thursday, ex-FBI Director James Comey testifies in the Russian probe.

Inspired by Israel's victory in the Six-Day war 50 years ago, an American went to live there. His devotion led him to live in a Jewish settlement on contested land Israel still holds from that war.

Some men in their 20s advertised on Craigslist for an experienced dad to grill burgers and hot dogs for them on Father's Day weekend. They tell KHQ-TV they're not ready to fill the B-B-Que dad role.

It's been a year since NPR photojournalist David Gilkey was killed in Afghanistan, along with his Afghan interpreter Zabihullah Tamanna. They came under fire in a Taliban ambush.

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Allen Fromherz, director of the Georgia State University Middle East Studies Center and author of Qatar: A Modern History, about the breaking of diplomatic ties with Qatar by other Arab countries.

A lot of them smoke, though percentages vary widely from country to country for various reasons. When cigarettes sell for 10 cents each, that's definitely a boost for smoking.

On the 50th anniversary of the 1967 war between Arab states and Israel, a Palestinian looks back on how he overcame displacement from the West Bank and how his son came to commit a violent crime.