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The administration gathered feedback from students about what they want in STEM programs after Jacob Leggette encouraged the president to ask students their opinions at a White House science fair.
The "Nevada fracas" has created a media meme and a conversational focus for the conflict roiling the Democratic Party. This is because it encapsulates the grievances felt on both sides.
Donald Trump says he's rewritten the rules of media coverage and political advertising — he points to his primary victories. We examine whether that might be the case in the general election as well.
California is seeing a surge of voter registrations among Latinos, including a number of voters who have become American citizens specifically to vote. Some have attributed this trend to Donald Trump's run for president.
After months of negotiation, Republicans and Democrats in Congress have agreed on a plan to help Puerto Rico deal with its crushing $70 billion debt. It sets up a control board to investigate the U.S. territory's murky financial picture and restructure its debt payments to creditors.
NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Republican Sen. Johnny Isakson of Georgia about the need for congressional funding to prevent the Zika virus from spreading in the U.S. The Florida delegation sees this as a national emergency.
In a sharp contrast to earlier in the campaign, the Sanders team now hopes superdelegates will see him as the better Democratic candidate and support him ahead of the convention.
The political victory brings the 37-year-old, who had previously served in the Philippines' House of Representatives, ever closer to an eventual shot at the presidency.
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with former DNC Chairman and former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean about the state of the Democratic race as the party's divisions between the two candidates deepen.