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Polls are showing that Democrats have a clear advantage heading into the midterms, but that doesn't tell the whole story. And, today, a mega merger between Paramount and Warner Bros. is set to close.

In The Chair, Oh plays a professor who is the first woman and person of color to head the English department at a prestigious college. Oh says she "profoundly" understood the themes of the show.

A jury found Guy Reffitt guilty on all counts for his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The case has been widely watched by other defendants as a potential bellwether.

At Russ & Daughters, it takes three months to learn how to slice salmon. NPR's Scott Simon visits the 100 year-old appetizing store to try his hand at the fine art and talk about their new cookbook.

NPR's A Martínez speaks with Mumford & Sons lead singer, Marcus Mumford, about the band's new album, Prizefighter.

Congressional leaders say they are close to a deal on two issues with looming deadlines. But if Congress fails to lock down agreements this week, the federal highway program would come to a halt, and student loan interest rates would double.

As the first anniversary of the Pulse shooting approaches, there's an effort underway to transform the Orlando nightclub into a museum and a memorial to the 49 people killed.

A growing number of signs and flowers blocked the front door of Young's Asian Massage as people gathered to mourn. Of the eight people who died, four were killed at Young's.

In middle Tennessee, cleanup and recovery continue after a series of deadly tornadoes early Tuesday which killed more than 20 people and injured dozens of others.

Vladimir Putin on Tuesday meets with Germany's chancellor for the first time in two years. Their relationship was strained after Russia's intervention in Ukraine. Putin then speaks to President Trump.

Milwaukee residents are defending their city after reports Donald Trump called the city "horrible." But a Trump spokesperson say the comments were falsely characterized and he was talking about crime.

Former President Obama is campaigning in east Cleveland on Thursday for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray. Obama is rallying parts of the Democratic base that didn't show up in 2016.

Joshua Wostal tells WDAE the county is investigating nearly 3,000 emails sent to commissioners from one IP address in Los Angeles. He also questions whether the Rays have the financing to avoid taxpayer risk.

Georgia is the latest state to enact a law that allows hospitals to create independent police forces. Critics worry the law enforcement focus could have unintended consequences.

Federal funding for the group that helps supply women's reproductive health care is built into multiple places in the budget, and stripping it out is not as simple as it may sound.

The federal government has sharply cut funding to groups that help people enroll in health plans. But the groups say federal officials don't understand how much help and follow-up some people need.

With an eye on traffic headaches throughout the Sunshine State, Gov. Ron DeSantis said he has expressed concerns to the head of the Florida Department of…

Our understanding of who did what — if anything — with chemical weapons in Syria is no clearer today than it was a week ago. That's when President Obama said while there is evidence of chemical weapons use in Syria, there is none pointing to who is responsible. For more information, David Greene talks to Gary Samore, former coordinator for weapons of mass destruction at the White House. He is now the executive director of Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Last month, Taylor Herman received one week's worth of what was supposed to be a three month payment.

NPR makes an unprecedented visit to the desert camp full of Syrians who fled the regime and ISIS attacks nearly a decade ago. They were trapped against the border until the fall of the Syrian regime.

San Francisco's library system has hired a full-time social worker to help find housing and other services for the homeless men and women who've set up camp among the stacks.

How do you teach kids about ecology when the natural world is shrinking around them?In fast growing Florida, one solution is to take environmental studies…

NPR's Scott Detrow sat down with poet Kate Baer at Midtown Scholar, a bookstore in Harrisburg, Penn., to talk about her new book of poetry, How About Now.

In How Jesus Became God, Bart Ehrman explores how a Jewish preacher from Galilee was transformed into a deity. "Jesus himself didn't call himself God and didn't consider himself God," Ehrman says.

Trump is targeting Somalis with racist remarks ahead of expected immigration enforcement activity in Minnesota. And, a CDC advisory panel will revisit long-standing vaccine recommendations.