Trump's massive spending bill & the GOP's priorities
House Republicans muscled through President Trump's massive tax and spending bill this week. The vote this week sends a clear message about where the Republican party is today.
What To Expect From Congressional Races This Year
NPR takes a final look at the top House and Senate races and what is at stake in the next Congress.
How The Electoral College Came To Choose The President Of The U.S.
The history of the Electoral College is in part tied to America's history of slavery. NPR's podcast Throughline explores the complicated story of how the U.S. presidential election system came to be.
The Trump And Biden Campaigns Make Last-Minute Push In Midwest
President Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, are making a push Friday across swing states in the Midwest as they race to turn out voters in the last days of the campaign.
What It's Like To Be A Conservative Gen Z Voter In California
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with two conservative members of Generation Z in California about how it feels to have conservative political views in an overwhelmingly blue state.
North Carolina And Virginia Voters Share Their Thoughts On Trump's 1st Term
At the end of President Trump's first term, NPR revisits people it talked with before his inauguration. He confirmed the worst fears of some and the greatest hopes of others.
Black And Latino Voters Flooded With Disinformation In Final Days Before Election
In 2016, Black voters were the top target of foreign disinformation campaigns. In 2020, there are both foreign and domestic efforts to dissuade Black and Latino voters from casting ballots.
How Louisiana's Jefferson Parish Is Doing After Hurricane Zeta
NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Joe Valiente, emergency management director for Jefferson Parish in Louisiana, about damage caused by Hurricane Zeta to the area.
Tensions Rise In France As The Country Faces Another Act Of Violence
On Thursday, a man killed three people with a knife in a Catholic church in Nice. A second man, who was threatening passersby with a gun, was shot dead by police in the town of Avignon.
Lebanon A Year Later: Economic Collapse, Riots, Pandemic And Beirut Explosion
After a year away, an NPR reporter returns to Lebanon to find a country racked by inflation, degraded services and the pandemic and still picking up the pieces from August's explosion in Beirut.
Research Shows Ogre-Faced Spider Uses Not Only Sight, But Hearing For Hunting
The ogre-faced spider hunts at night. In addition to its night vision, researchers have now found that the spider can hear the sounds of predators and prey, using hairs on its legs.
'Deutschland 89' Explores Life Of A Spy For Disintegrating East Germany In 1989
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Anna and Joerg Winger, creators of the television series Deutschland 89, about the show's premiere.