Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona has died after months of suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer. A look at McCain's political career and his life.
You're most likely to find NPR's Don Gonyea on the road, in some battleground state looking for voters to sit with him at the local lunch spot, the VFW or union hall, at a campaign rally, or at their kitchen tables to tell him what's on their minds. Through countless such conversations over the course of the year, he gets a ground-level view of American elections. Gonyea is NPR's National Political Correspondent, a position he has held since 2010. His reports can be heard on all NPR News programs and at NPR.org. To hear his sound-rich stories is akin to riding in the passenger seat of his rental car, traveling through Iowa or South Carolina or Michigan or wherever, right along with him.
First-term U.S. Rep. Summer Lee faced a spirited challenge from Bhavini Patel in a primary race that drew national attention to Pennsylvania's 12th Congressional District. In the 14th Congressional District, Democrat Chris Dziados defeated Ken Bach and will run in November against the incumbent, GOP deputy whip Guy Reschenthaler.
Tesla's sales are down. It's slashing car prices and laying off staff. Yet CEO Elon Musk remains bullish on a future that's self-driving and battery-powered.
Three middle school students in southern Maryland have been charged with hate crimes for allegedly harassing a Jewish classmate. Experts say young kids are increasingly exposed to hate ideologies.