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A Martinez asks 2012 Obama campaign manager Jim Messina about Vice President Kamala Harris picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate.

As Olympic athletes break records in track & field this week, they're also busting myths about body size and running. This generation of female runners are fueling up for strength and stamina.

Scientists knew that climate change would cause the oceans to heat up a lot. But current ocean temperatures are even higher than expected.

Vice President Harris’ running mate has lived in China and traveled there many times. His relationship with the country has been under scrutiny, especially from Republicans.

NPR has interviewed Kamala Harris five times since she was elected vice president. Here's what can be learned from those conversations.

A lot of Americans are expected to be listening and watching Tuesday night's debate. While most voter's minds are already made up, some are still looking for a reason to back one side or the other.

A new law in New Hampshire will require anyone registering to vote for the first time in the Granite State to provide documentation they are U.S. citizens, like a birth certificate or passport.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with political commentators David Brooks of The New York Times and E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution. They discuss the Trump administration's latest stance on North Korea and the Pentagon's investigation into whether Trump's former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn broke the law by receiving money from a foreign source after retiring from the service.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Mary Kate Cary, who wrote speeches for President George H.W. Bush, and Paul Orzulak, who was a Clinton administration peechwriter, about current presidential politics.

Armed officers on campus could speed police response to gun violence. But there is scant research to support this strategy, and studies about racial bias raise other concerns about police in schools.

As racial justice protests grew following the killing of George Floyd, many companies publicly embraced diversity, equity, and inclusion hiring policies. Now many are backing away from those policies.

The initiative to build golf courses, pickleball courts, disc golf courses, hotels and more in nine Florida’s state parks was not an undeveloped idea. There were publicly shared plans, documents and scheduled public meetings across the state.

Wisconsin has long been a presidential swing state, but thanks to new maps, it's now also a potential swing state for the legislature for the first time in 15 years.

Error-ridden state reviews have purged millions of the poorest Americans from the Medicaid program in recent months. Poverty experts are questioning if the Biden administration is doing enough to stop states from wrongly removing people from the government health care program.

Israelis and Palestinians have now been living cheek-and-jowl in the West Bank for decades. NPR's Steve Inskeep visited both communities to sample their views in this enduring conflict.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Kara Swisher about her tell-all book on the titans of the tech industry. It's called Burn Book: A Tech Love Story.

NASA is crashing the ISS into the ocean at the end of 2030. The agency is collaborating with private companies to build its replacement. So what could the space stations of the near future look like?

Gun violence is the leading cause of death for children in the United States. And even when kids survive, there can be life-altering consequences. There’s been an increase in youth gun injuries in Florida in recent years.

This group ranges from a fabulous collection by contemporary, neurodiverse artists to Milton Glaser's pop art, and Aino and Alvar Aalto's Finnish modernist designs to a survey of Islamic architecture.

The United Arab Emirates is a major oil producing nation, and that's drawing attention to the role oil and gas has at this year's COP28 climate negotiations.

All three of these books would make great gifts for gardeners and armchair oglers alike, and may tempt you to book a garden tour — or maybe even plant some bulbs and seeds yourself.

With the first Percival Everett-inspired screen adaptation American Fiction coming to theaters starting on Dec. 15, we're taking a moment to revisit his provocative and affecting satirical novel.

The case of a 49-year-old, healthy, nonsmoking Florida woman reflects how more research is required to save more lives - even after new data led to a recent change in national screening guidelines.

A new study suggests these neighborhoods in Miami-Dade and Broward could be abandoned as seas rise.

Tom Smothers was the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium.