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Nov 11, 2026
Mississippi hadn't elected a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in more than 40 years.
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Nov 11, 2026
Public works jobs across the country are mostly done by men. In Georgia, teenage girls are now trying out those jobs.
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Nov 11, 2026
As House Republicans prepare for life in the minority, they're turning to Jim Jordan as their next leader. In Jordan, they've picked a conservative firebrand and one of Trump's most vocal defenders.
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Nov 11, 2026
35 years since the Gulf War ended, veterans reflect on the conflict and its ongoing impact.
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Nov 11, 2026
After Russian airstrikes destroyed a popular cafe in a frontline Ukrainian city, the cafe reopened in a safer region, an example of how Ukrainian businesses are trying to survive amid repeated bombing.
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Nov 11, 2026
North Carolina swing voters are seeking change, but have low expectations that things will actually change.
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Nov 11, 2026
NPR's Juana Summers talks with Trisha Paytas about her memoir, Crying on the Kitchen Floor, and what it's been like to share her life on YouTube since she was 18 years old.
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Nov 11, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Max Kennedy, son of Robert Kennedy Sr., about the Kennedy family's lawsuit to halt the construction of President Trump's 250-foot arch near Arlington National Cemetery.
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Nov 11, 2026
The Trump administration has moved forward with converting 2 massive warehouses into immigration detention centers, despite local outrage and protests.
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Nov 11, 2026
Opponents of Israel's hardline prime minister are trying to oust him, by building a new coalition. To do so, they may have to cross a red line drawn by most Israeli parties: Work with Arab colleagues.
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Nov 11, 2026
Part of a historic town owned by the Park Service is set for demolition as residents oppose the move.
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Nov 10, 2026
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is fighting back. As members of Congress begin deliberating on the articles of impeachment against him, Hegseth gave his first press conference in months.
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Nov 10, 2026
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Bloomberg tech reporter Ian King about the unusually overarching role of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at his company and within the American tech industry at large.
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Nov 10, 2026
House Republicans managed to short-circuit a floor vote on the impeachment effort brought against the Defense Secretary by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie.
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Nov 10, 2026
The Supreme Court hears arguments on Tuesday in a case related to temporary worker visas and enforcement of employer contracts.
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Nov 10, 2026
The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in a case related to temporary worker visas. The company involved says enforcement issues should go through the courts, not the federal agency alone.
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Nov 10, 2026
Ukrainians are heading into their fifth winter at war. Russia has stepped up its bombing campaign of Ukraine's critical infrastructure. But Ukrainians see one bright spot — the U.S. midterm elections.
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Nov 10, 2026
Democrats saw sweeping wins in state legislatures in the midterm elections — and it could bring changes in reproductive rights, health care and other issues.
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Nov 10, 2026
House GOP lawmakers have chosen Ohio's Jim Jordan to serve as minority leader, elevating a co-founder of the ultra-conservative Freedom Caucus to succeed Mike Johnson as the chamber's top Republican.
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Nov 10, 2026
The so-called billionaire tax has failed in California. With proposition 40 dead, here's what could be next for future wealth taxes.
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Nov 10, 2026
Russia's top independent newspaper is closing after more than 30 years amid state pressure and censorship laws. Its founder won the Nobel Peace Prize and several of its journalists have been killed.
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Nov 10, 2026
The Rembrandt House Museum in Amsterdam hosted an unusual exhibit in recent weeks — a renowned tattoo artist inking the Dutch master's designs on visitors' skin.
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Nov 10, 2026
Tech companies want agentic AI to be the new way you shop. But should you trust AI when your money's involved?
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Nov 10, 2026
The House Oversight Committee has released a report into its investigation into sex-offender, Jeffrey Epstein. They faulted the federal government for not holding the financier accountable.
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Nov 10, 2026
It's getting harder to detect fake emergency calls thanks to AI. The tech is being used to generate believable swatting calls to law enforcement that claim a shooting or other crime is taking place.
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Nov 10, 2026
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Danielle Fishel, co-author of Book Meets World: The Definitive Inside Story of the Hit Sitcom Boy Meets World about her reflections on growing up on-screen.
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Nov 10, 2026
The U.S. has skipped a key U.N. human rights review for the second year running. Rights groups warn the absence risks undermining global accountability.
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Nov 10, 2026
Gasoline prices fell below $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in three months — but the overall cost of living remains stubbornly high.
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Nov 10, 2026
Vehicle transaction prices are up to a new record high, according to the Kelley Blue Book — and some buyers are extending their car loans to finance them.
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Nov 10, 2026
In Pennsylvania, health officials use a quiet vaccination campaign designed to win the trust of the state's Amish community, which has been hit hard by the measles outbreak.
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Nov 09, 2026
A Republican in California's Central Valley fended off challengers for years. But his district had a lot of people on Medicaid, and he lost by a large margin this time.
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Nov 09, 2026
Ethiopia's health care system was once considered a model in the region. But in the northern Tigray region, ongoing conflict has left health facilities and medical workers vulnerable to attacks.
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Nov 09, 2026
These swing voters in swing states didn't all vote for Democrats, but they are all hoping for results and lower prices.
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Nov 09, 2026
The College Football Playoff is expanding again. The 12-team format lasted just three years. Starting next fall, the field will expand to 24 teams in a massive moment of transformation for the sport.
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Nov 09, 2026
Thousands of diplomats, executives and leaders are gathering in Turkey for a global climate summit. In recent years, Turkey has moved to be more eco-conscious, but some say that hasn't been enough.
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Nov 09, 2026
Nvidia's share price falls after the company begins an investigation into CEO Jensen Huang's alleged relationship with a woman accused of being a Chinese spy.
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Nov 09, 2026
Doctors expected an experimental drug that lowers a common risk factor for heart attacks would save patients' lives. The medicine made no difference.
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Nov 09, 2026
A digital bank's collapse has plunged Paraguay into crisis — cutting millions off from their money and sending the president from office to detention in a matter of days.
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Nov 09, 2026
Scientists have studied plenty of dinosaur bones, eggs and footprints. Now, some think they've found their strongest evidence yet of dinosaur blood.
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Nov 09, 2026
The fall 2026 Audio Flux storytelling competition features immersive short audio entries from around the world, including one about the search for an elusive box of cookies.
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Nov 09, 2026
Brain scientists set up "gladiator style" cage matches for mice — and found that simply observing fighting matches can rewire a mouse's brain to resemble those who actually fought.
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Nov 09, 2026
El Niño is expected to bring wild weather, but it's also business opportunity for some. Contractors are booked up as homeowners prepare for heavy rains and ski resorts gear up to cash in on snow.
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Nov 09, 2026
All five of the states that flipped their governors from Republican to Democrat in the midterms have troops in Washington. Calls are growing for the newly-elected governors to pull them out.
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Nov 09, 2026
NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with Chris Whipple, an expert on White House chiefs of staff who has written extensively about Susie Wiles, about Trump's appointment of Stephen Miller.
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Nov 09, 2026
The articles accuse Hegseth of "high crimes and misdemeanors," including for waging war against Iran in violation of the War Powers Resolution.
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Nov 08, 2026
President Trump is making changes to his inner circle that signal how he may approach divided government.
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Nov 08, 2026
El Niño rains have transformed Chile's Atacama Desert into a spectacular sea of color, awakening a fleeting ecosystem of flowers and wildlife in one of the driest places on Earth.
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Nov 08, 2026
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Thomas Wright, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, about his piece in Foreign Affairs titled The Fight for the Future of Democratic Foreign Policy.
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Nov 08, 2026
Huawei, the world's biggest telecommunications company, is on trial in New York, accused of stealing American technology and evading US sanctions.
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Nov 08, 2026
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Sam Dingman, host of The Analogs podcast from NPR member station KJZZ.
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Nov 08, 2026
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Sam Dingman, host of The Analogs podcast from NPR member station KJZZ.
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Nov 08, 2026
Fifty years after the release of Carrie, the first Stephen King movie adaptation, two fans assess what the writer's cinematic legacy.
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Nov 08, 2026
A new permanent exhibition at Paris' Musee d'Orsay showcases works of art suspected to have been looted by Nazis during the Second World War in France. Experts are trying to find the true owners or their descendants.
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Nov 07, 2026
Israel's political landscape shifts as President Herzog hands opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot the mandate to form a government, dealing a blow to Benjamin Netanyahu's grip on power.
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Nov 07, 2026
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with former Texas congressman Beto O'Rourke about how past efforts by him and other Democrats helped the party win big in Texas in the midterms.
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Nov 07, 2026
NPR's Rob Schmitz speaks with Austin-based political commentator David Griscom. He authored a book titled The Myth of Red Texas which tells the story of economic populism in Texas.
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Nov 07, 2026
Reporting from Cuba comes with distinct challenges especially amid widespread power outages and fuel shortages.
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Nov 07, 2026
Author and painter Maira Kalman is out with a new book called Joy, exploring all the things that bring her fleeting happiness and why sorrow is a necessary counterpart to joy.
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Nov 07, 2026
Kevin Roberts, the president of the conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, talks about the organization's priorities and hopes for the future of the Republican Party and its policies.
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Nov 07, 2026
The Trump administration has proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act that could endanger historic sites significant to tribal nations across the country. Oklahoma tribes say that puts ancestral lands in Ohio at risk.
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Nov 07, 2026
The Trump administration has proposed changes to the National Historic Preservation Act that could endanger historic sites that are significant to tribal nations across the country. Oklahoma tribes say that puts ancestral lands in Ohio at risk.
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Nov 07, 2026
A North Carolina musician was fascinating by the sound of singing sand dunes. He asked researchers from all over the world for help turning them into an instrument.
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Nov 07, 2026
Housing affordability was a big issue for voters who helped sweep Democrats into power this week. Tackling it will take time.
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Nov 06, 2026
Results are still outstanding House and Senate races but political scientists say one of the big winners in the mid-terms is American democracy itself.
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Nov 06, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Sabrina Rodriguez, politics reporter for the Wall Street Journal, about the role Latino voters played in the midterm election.
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Nov 06, 2026
Cornell University's faculty is voting on a no-confidence resolution, condemning the school's administration handling of an alleged gang rape.
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Nov 06, 2026
On Wild Card, Philipps unpacks the experience of treating her brain tumor and filming her new show, the CBS drama Cupertino. But she also opened up about another aspect of her life.
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Nov 06, 2026
All Things Considered bids farewell to Mary Louise Kelly, who hosts her final show Friday after an NPR career that goes back 25 years.
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Nov 06, 2026
Gina Hinojosa, state representative from the Rio Grande Valley whose legislative priority has been boosting the public education system, will become the first Latina governor of Texas.
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Nov 06, 2026
Robots used during search and rescue operations need to be able to wriggle through narrow cracks and crevices. Researchers have turned to a natural contortionist for inspiration — the octopus.
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Nov 06, 2026
One of the most polarizing vehicles to hit the road will soon be a thing of history. Tesla will wind down manufacturing of its Cybertruck at the company's Gigafactory Texas mid-next year.
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Nov 06, 2026
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is being replaced by Stephen Miller, President Trump said Friday. The change comes after Republicans were swept out of power in the midterm elections.
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Nov 06, 2026
Chicago's former FBI chief is suing the U.S. district attorney in the city and a federal judge has ordered that prosecutor to testify about claims he's made about charging protesters.
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Nov 06, 2026
Kevin Roose and Casey Newton discuss what impact the midterms could have on AI development. They co-host Machine Gods, NPR's new podcast about AI.
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Nov 06, 2026
Democrats' resounding victory in the midterms can be boiled down to frustrations over the high cost of living and gas prices. But in divided government -- how much can Democrats do?
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Nov 06, 2026
NPR Music's Stephen Thompson reports on a surprising hit album this week.
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Nov 06, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with political scientist Andra Gillespie about Black voter turnout during the 2026 midterm election.
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Nov 06, 2026
The razor-thin margin between GOP Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and Democrat Scott Colom is shining a light on an election process in Mississippi that is among the slowest and most decentralized in the U.S.
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Nov 06, 2026
Pope Leo begins his first South American tour since lung cancer surgery. The 12-day journey takes him to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru, where he spent two decades.
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Nov 06, 2026
The U.S. job market improved last month, according to a report from the Labor Department Friday. Employers added more jobs than forecasters had expected and the unemployment rate dipped to 4.1%.
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Nov 05, 2026
Democrats have flipped five Republican-held congressional seats in North Carolina. The surprising results were just one part of the blue wave in a swing state that President Trump won three times.
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Nov 05, 2026
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he's commuting the sentences of all inmates on the state's Death Row. The governor says at 548 people, it's the largest death row in the Western Hemisphere.
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Nov 05, 2026
With the rates for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages at 7% or more, is it time to reconsider the far less popular adjustable-rate mortgage? New analysis shows that ARMs have paid off for borrowers.
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Nov 05, 2026
Shares sank, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq dropping over 5%, as investors reacted with fear that a Democratic Congress -- and states across the country -- would crack down on AI data centers.
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Nov 05, 2026
Democrats achieved stunning midterm victories. The party will take control of Congress next year. What does it mean for the economy?
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Nov 05, 2026
What could be the effects of an extreme El Nino this winter on California, and how are towns preparing?
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Nov 05, 2026
An invasive insect that's tough to detect and eliminate poses a multi-billion dollar threat to the agricultural economy — adding another stressor to farmers already stretched by high costs.
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Nov 05, 2026
Last October, remnants of a typhoon slammed into the Western Alaska coast. We hear from the ground from Kipnuk about how people are trying to rebuild enough to move back.
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Nov 05, 2026
Democrats' historic victory could mean more oversight at the Department of Homeland Security.
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Nov 05, 2026
A group of retirees volunteers as actors to perform for seniors. We meet the Golden Guild of Michigan.
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Nov 05, 2026
John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell play CIA agents in Martin McDonagh's latest violent and darkly comic provocation.
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Nov 05, 2026
Largely peaceful demonstrations took place across France on Thursday, and trade unions went on strike over the cost of living. The Eiffel Tower was closed for the day.
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Nov 05, 2026
Turns out these remnants of dying stars are not all white - a new study finds that they can come in a wide array of colors, from salmon pink to chartreuse.
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Nov 05, 2026
A federal panel will meet to consider the arch for final approval on Thursday, and the government said it may begin construction later that same day. Critics hope a judge will intervene last-minute.
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Nov 04, 2026
Democrats didn't just win the U.S. Senate and governor races in Texas. They won every statewide contest and will take control of the Texas House, making the state a blue one, at least for now.
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Nov 04, 2026
NASA's Swift observatory is set to re-enter the atmosphere on Wednesday after two decades of gathering data.
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Nov 04, 2026
Union leader and former wildland firefighter Sam Forstag has won a House seat in Montana that Republicans have held for three decades.
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Nov 04, 2026
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with former Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis, a Democrat, about Texas flipping blue and what it means for future elections.
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Nov 04, 2026
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anna Greenberg, a Democratic pollster, about what polls captured (and underestimated) after Democrats performed stronger than expected in midterm elections.
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Nov 04, 2026
At 28, Democratic Socialist David Morales is set to be Providence, R.I.'s new mayor. Like New York City's Zohran Mamdani, he's framed his campaign on affordability issues.
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