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NPR speaks with Mac McCorkle, professor of public policy at Duke University, about Elon Musk's bid to launch a third party and how that might impact upcoming U.S. elections.

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Leaders of the BRICS group of emerging economies meeting for their annual summit had hoped to downplay any differences with ...

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A new book reveals the tensions between Vice President Harris and President Biden — and how it led to Democratic failure in 2024.

Kerr County, Texas, experienced the worst of the flooding and has seen the highest death toll. NPR's Juana Summers describes the scene where she arrived Monday morning.

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Families in the U.S. and much of the world are having so few babies, national populations are set to shrink and age. The ...

Medicaid programs go by so many different names across the country that advocates and experts warn people may not know they're losing their coverage until it's too late.