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Tracking This Year's Negative Political Ads

8:13am October 27, 2018

In this vicious election climate, TV and social media are filled with — surprise, surprise — negative ads! Bowdoin College political science professor Michael Franz talks with NPR's Scott Simon.

Professor Stephen Carter On Mail Bombs, Trump And Political Rhetoric

8:13am October 27, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Yale law professor Stephen Carter about the state of America and its politics.

Democrats And Labor Aim For Gains In Ohio

8:13am October 27, 2018

by Don Gonyea

We check in with labor activists in northeastern Ohio who were stung by President Trump's victory in the state two years ago. This year, labor hopes to bring union members back into the fold.

A helicopter view of the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md., in 2016.

The Russia Investigations: The U.S. Launches A Digital Offensive — Gently

7:01am October 27, 2018

by Philip Ewing

The NSA and U.S. Cyber Command can exercise near-godlike omniscience over the Internet. A recent report from The New York Times provides some insight into what they're doing with it.

Bridget S. Bade, left, and Eric D. Miller, right, nominated to be circuit court judges for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, are sworn in during a judicial nomination hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday in Washington, D.C. The committ

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Trump, Republicans Continue Remaking The Federal Courts — Even As Senate On Recess

7:00am October 27, 2018

by Nina Totenberg

This October, the Senate Judiciary Committee has, for the first time ever, held judicial nomination hearings during a recess of the Senate and over the objections of the minority party.

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President Trump addresses young black conservative leaders from across the country as part of the 2018 Young Black Leadership Summit in the East Room of the White House on Friday.

As FBI Closed In On Bomb Suspect, Mixed Signals From President Trump

8:55pm October 26, 2018

by Scott Horsley

President Trump has toggled between conventional messages of national unity and partisan attacks this week as the nation was rattled by a series of suspected pipe bombs.

Tensions Are Rising Along The U.S.-Mexico Border

5:45pm October 26, 2018

by John Burnett

Large numbers of migrant families continue to cross illegally, and more are expected. The Border Patrol says they are overwhelmed and so do the non-profits that help immigrants.

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Kathleen VanPoppelen and her daughter Brooke knock doors for Elissa Slotkin, a Democrat running for Congress in Michigan. Kathleen has never voted for a Democrat before, but she'll vote for Slotkin on Election Day.

A Look At One Of The Most Significant Political Borders In Michigan

5:45pm October 26, 2018

by Ari Shapiro

One street in suburban Detroit is emerging as one of the biggest political boundaries in Michigan. Voters on either side of the street talk about the choices they're making at the polls this November.

A Ford F-150 pickup is assembled at a plant in Dearborn, Mich., on Sept. 27. The economy expanded at a 3.5 percent rate in the third quarter.

U.S. Economy Grew At A 3.5 Percent Rate In 3rd Quarter

5:11pm October 26, 2018

by Avie Schneider

That's slower than the second quarter's blockbuster 4.2 percent but puts the economy on pace for the fastest annual growth in 13 years.

ATF Special Agent Discusses Arrest Of Man Linked To Suspicious Packages

4:59pm October 26, 2018

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Ari Shapira, special agent in charge of ATF's Miami Division, about Friday's arrest of a man linked to the suspicious packages mailed to critics of President Trump.