South Korean opposition leader is stabbed in public
In South Korea's latest outburst of political violence, the country's opposition leader has been stabbed in public ahead of general elections in April 2024.
Politics & Government
What Trump's removal from ballots means for him — practically and politically
Trump is appealing decisions to keep him off the ballots in Colorado and Maine — while several other states consider challenges to the former president appearing on their state's primary ballots.
The race to replace McCarthy in California
Kevin McCarthy isn't in Congress anymore, but that doesn't mean his influence isn't still being felt back home in Bakersfield where the race to replace him has become chaotic.
North Carolina presidential primary candidates have been finalized; a Trump challenge is on appeal
North Carolina's election board finalized on Tuesday the candidates for the state's March 5 presidential primaries, leaving President Joe Biden as the lone Democrat for the job on ballots and former President Donald Trump among the Republican competitors.
Maine's secretary of state tells NPR why she disqualified Trump from the ballot
Maine became the second state to rule the former president is ineligible to run because of what he did in the days leading up to, and on, Jan. 6, 2021.
Threats to abortion access drive demand for abortion pills, analysis suggests
Requests for abortion pills from people who were not yet pregnant spiked when patients appeared to perceive threats to abortion access, new research has found.
House bill aims to restart controversial DOJ program that targeted Chinese academics
The Justice Department ended the controversial "China Initiative" nearly two years ago amid criticism of racial profiling. A House spending bill could revive the initiative.
Morning news brief
Israel's Supreme Court rejects right-wing changes to the judiciary. State legislatures' agendas are packed this year. Tampa's new water filtration system is expected to help remove forever chemicals.
Philadelphia is set to make history when it inaugurates its new mayor
Cherelle Parker will be sworn in as mayor in Philadelphia Tuesday. She will be the city's first female mayor, and only the fifth Black woman to run one of America's largest cities.
State legislatures plan to tackle issues federal lawmakers have been slow to get to
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Reid Wilson, editor-in-chief of Pluribus News, about the big issues state legislatures are expected to take up in 2024.