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Newly elected Senate Majority Leader John Thune faces a series of confrontations ahead within his own party.

Israeli officials say they're closer to declaring "mission accomplished" in southern Lebanon. They aimed to push Hezbollah militia away from the border so thousands of Israelis can return to the area.

White House and congressional negotiators are no closer to reaching a deal to lift the debt ceiling. Any deal is also likely to upset parts of the Republican and Democratic caucus.

The Biden administration's efforts to restrict U.S. high-tech investment in China may serve to validate China's long-standing obsession with the need to be self-reliant in tech and other areas.

NPR's Lulu Garcia Navarro talks to Philip Kennicott, senior art and architecture critic for The Washington Post, about the significance of the U.S. Capitol.

You're Leaving When? is a witty memoir of Gurwitch's many middle age misadventures — and it doesn't even cover the stage IV lung cancer diagnosis she received in the midst of the pandemic.

Bears preparing for hibernation need to eat as much as they can for the winter. In Alaska, this habit has turned into an Ursine March Madness with bears going head-to-head to see who is the fattest.

The Chinese coast guard boards vessels in waters China considers its own -- including waters around one Taiwanese island, where residents have long been caught in the middle of tensions with China.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Tom Goldman about the scandal at Rutgers University, and the NCAA basketball finals for both men and women this weekend.

In his Oval Office address, President Obama sought to calm a nation on edge because of terror. Did it work? And how is it reverberating on the 2016 campaign trail?