We look at where the willingness among Democrats and Republicans is to end the government shutdown, as well as U.S. strikes on alleged cartel boats in the Caribbean. We're joined now by NPR senior ...

A dozen or more years ago, a media colleague paid me the compliment of calling me “Colorado’s most radical moderate.” Thank you for those words, David Kopel. As both parties have moved toward their ...

Democratic politicians and pundits have rightly been quick to condemn not just Charlie Kirk’s brutal murder but a “horrifying wave of political violence in America,” as the New York Times editorial ...

National figures are competing in different ways to make Mamdani a Democratic symbol amid a consequential next chapter of his ...

DALLAS — State Rep. Richard Hayes, R-District 57, wants to change the definition of a quorum in the Texas Legislature from two-thirds of members present to a simple majority. The Republican says Texas ...

We're joined now by NPR senior political contributor Ron Elving. Ron, thanks for being with us. RON ELVING, BYLINE: Good to be with you, Scott. SIMON: Have we reached the point in U.S. politics where ...