The singer talked to THR about overcoming burnout, his "pile of Legos" lyrics and the cosmic connection between sad dads and Taylor Swift-loving teenagers.

Matt Berninger's brooding, droning baritone is difficult to separate from The National's alt-rock brand of upbeat electric-guitar escape from minor-key plunges into the life's depths. The AP’s

Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-Calif.) said Sunday that the deployment of the National Guard to the Los Angeles area is “going to escalate the situation.” “It’s a concern,” Barragán told CNN’s Dana

The federal government is "moving to take over" the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on Saturday. “That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions,

Trump border czar Tom Homan announces National Guard deployment to Los Angeles County after anti-ICE demonstrations turned violent, stating authorities won't apologize for enforcing the law.

The National Hurricane Center is “fully staffed” and any suggestion that the Trump administration fired meteorologists at the National Weather Service is “fake news,” “preposterous and silly,” Commerce Sec.

The U.S. national debt is a mix of government bonds that trade daily and non-marketable securities that sit exclusively on federal ledgers. This "intragovernmental" debt is money owed by one arm of the government to another—mostly for programs like Social Security and Medicare.

Republicans in Congress are hashing out a new tax cut and spending bill that's projected to add trillions to the national debt. Economics correspondent Paul Solman explains the ballooning national debt, how we got here and what it means for our economy and future generations. View the transcript of the story.