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Journalist Jonathan Alter regards the 2012 presidential contest as the most consequential election of recent times. In his new book, Alter argues that President Obama's re-election prevented the country from veering sharply to the right, and he dissects the campaign and the events that led up to it.

Independent voters are a major force in Arizona politics and candidates in the highly consequential Senate race are taking note.

NPR's Michel Martin talks with Rev. Samuel Rodriguez of the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference about the recent mass shootings around the country.

Megyn Kelly is out from the Today show, an NBC News spokesperson said Friday. This comes after she made offensive remarks earlier this week about blackface Halloween costumes.

Here are the highlights from a week that marks one month of President Trump's term: Mass firings in the federal government, resignations in protest and controversial foreign policy moves.

After Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he would lower tariffs, President Trump said "We want to be very good to Canada. I like Carney a lot. I think he's a very good person."

On Thursday, President Obama met with Senate Democrats. Then he met with House Republicans. And White House staff members continued talks with their counterparts from the House GOP leadership. All that talking just a day after there was radio silence between the two parties. One strong possibility for the change in attitudes is a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll that shows that the majority of Americans blame Republicans for the ongoing government shutdown and just 20 percent of people approve of the Republican party.

Voters will decide on a slew of criminal justice ballot measures this election. Legalizing some drugs, increasing penalties for others and boosting police pay are among the proposed changes.

Using artificial intelligence to identify congressional districts where independent candidates could win, an organization called the Independent Center is aiming to disrupt the two-party system.

they are beginning their "cheeseburger" "fee-bee" "hey sweetie" calls

Each month we pair our liberal commentator Aaron Brown with our conservative commentator Chuck Marohn. They listen to each other and often agree with each…

Lots of folks are bringing up the idea of socialism. Get the 2nd installment from conservative Chuck Marohn and liberal Aaron Brown on Dig Deep!Sign up…

What does it mean to be rural? What do urban people think rural means? These are the questions our conservative commentator Chuck Marohn and liberal Aaron…

As House Speaker John Boehner steps down, NPR's Brian Naylor offers a look at how Boehner shaped, and struggled with, the institution he loved — the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 2019, more than 100 provinces and municipalities in Poland passed resolutions declaring they were "LGBT-free." They're backing down as the EU warns it will cut off funding to local governments.

On Thursday, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the lower house of parliament. The move paves the way for elections Oct. 31, which will be Japan's first of the pandemic.

Former federal prosecutor Mathew Rosengart will now represent the pop star in the fight over her conservatorship.

The pope has been insistent about the importance and urgency of climate action. But a new study finds Catholic bishops in the U.S. have generally been mum or misleading about climate change.

A federal judge in Texas has blocked President Biden's vaccine mandate for federal workers nationwide. The requirement had been in place since November.

Researchers at the University of Washington have developed a way of using DNA from elephant tusks to solve poaching mysteries and bring animal traffickers to justice.