Voters head to the polls next week in California, Virginia and New Jersey, among other states. NPR’s Mara Liasson and Domenico Montanaro discuss what they’re watching and what voters’ choices might say about the political moment on Consider This. The episode was produced by Kai McNamee and Connor Donevan, edited...
President Samia Suluhu Hassan won Tanzania’s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote, according to official results announced early Saturday, a rare regional landslide that drew immediate alarm. Protests over the Oct. 29 vote spread nationwide, prompting a military-backed crackdown, intermittent internet outages, and the postponement of university...
Gunmen killed at least 460 people in repeated assaults on el-Fasher's Saudi Hospital, abducting doctors and nurses before gunning down staff, patients and those sheltering there, the World Health Organization said. The attack came amid a reported Rapid Support Forces rampage that seized the besieged city, with witnesses describing house-to-house...
Heidi Klum reigned over Halloween night with a lurid Medusa look, her headpiece alive with writhing snakes and crafted by Mike Marino and a team of more than 35. Husband Tom Kaulitz played her petrified victim. Stars piled into her annual bash: Ice-T and Coco Austin leaned into slasher vibes,...
The US plans to announce that Dutch chipmaker Nexperia BV, which has facilities in China, will resume shipping chips, according to a person familiar with the matter. The step follows a trade pact reached by Donald Trump and Xi Jinping at their summit this week. The Trump administration is preparing...
With Toronto roaring and two tying runs aboard in the ninth, Kiké Hernández heard the crack of a broken bat, charged a sinking liner from Andrés Giménez, and turned a lunging catch into a game-ending double play at second, sealing the Dodgers’ 3-1 Game 6 win. Tyler Glasnow got one...
Donald Trump’s early departure from the Apec summit in Gyeongju left space for Xi Jinping to cast himself as a champion of open trade, as leaders wrestled with a fractured forum that produced only a vague declaration without mentioning the WTO. Canada’s Mark Carney and Xi signaled a thaw, with...
After two days in Gyeongju, APEC leaders from 21 economies closed their summit with a joint pledge to deepen regional cooperation amid strains from U.S.-China trade tensions. The statement reaffirmed the importance of robust trade and the Putrajaya Vision 2040, while avoiding explicit “free and open trade” language. Days after...
On Friday, the Trump administration halted walk-in access to the West Wing’s Upper Press, requiring appointments and citing security over “sensitive material.” Reporters may still enter the smaller Lower Press. The White House Correspondents’ Association condemned the change as a blow to transparency and accountability. Communications director Steven Cheung said...
South Park’s Oct. 31 Halloween episode went gleefully meta. Stan railed that the show "sucks now" for politics, then launched a South Park Sucks crypto, sending cousin Kyle Schwartz to seek Trump's protection. Trump held a seance led by Attorney General Pam Bondi to expel a behatted haunt, revealed as...
