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Democratic Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island discusses Pentagon leadership shakeup

NPR's A Martinez asks Sen. Jack Reed, the top Democrat on the Armed Services Committee, about the Pentagon shakeup that included the firing of Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.

From The Economy To Race, See Where The Candidates Stand On The Big Issues

We broke down where the candidates stand on the 10 issues voters say they care about most.

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi faced her most serious challenge to her leadership post last year from Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, but she still emerged with support from two-thirds of the caucus.

Democrats Play Blame Game With Pelosi After Georgia Election — To GOP's Glee

Republicans were able to effectively tie House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to losing candidate Jon Ossoff in Georgia. It's a strategy they've used for years and don't plan to abandon anytime soon.

Irina Garmash, a mother of four from the eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk, sits on an evacuation train that has stopped in the center-eastern city of Dnipro, on July 8. The train carries residents from the eastern Donbas region fleeing war during the Russian invasion.

Riding Ukraine's last train line out of Donbas with families fleeing for their lives

Russia is fighting to conquer the entire Donbas region of eastern Ukraine. To help civilians escape, the Ukrainian railway runs a free evacuation train out of the east. Here's what it's like.

Audubon String Quartet Lawsuit Mixes Music, Business

Members of one of the top string quartets in the world are ordered to pay more than $500,000 to a former colleague. The violinist claimed other members mistreated him when they tried to fire him. WHYY's Joel Rose reports.

Meet the new GDP prototype that tracks inequality

A team of economists offers America a new way to look at economic growth. It's a sort of GDP prototype that tracks the well-being of different income groups.

In 2017, hundreds of thousands of immigrants are expected to be naturalized as U.S. citizens in ceremonies around the country, much like this one in Kansas City, Mo.

Uzbek Family Starts A New Chapter In Its American Journey

To launch our road trip series Our Land, we travel across the country as Donald Trump takes office, and we meet freshly minted citizens at their naturalization ceremony in Kansas City, Mo.

Voters head to a polling place in November 2022. Outside money is pouring into a Phoenix-area congressional district in a heated Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Winklevoss twins and crypto ties seek to shape Arizona Democratic primary race

The Winklevoss twins, crypto money and other interests are seeking to shape the Phoenix-area Democratic primary on Tuesday for a U.S. House seat.

Six of the seven states that use water from the Colorado River agreed on a proposal to cut back on use, as the federal government looks for ways to prop up shrinking reservoirs. The river, seen here at Horseshoe Bend in Arizona, supplies 40 million people and a multibillion-dollar agricultural industry.

Colorado River states have two different plans for managing water. Here's why they disagree

The seven states that use water from the Colorado River have proposed competing plans for how it should be managed after 2026. Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming have one plan in mind. California, Arizona and Nevada have a different idea. The states primarily disagree about how to account for climate change and how to release water from Lake Powell.

Housing is expensive. Here's how Harris and Trump promise to bring costs down

Housing costs are a top issue for many voters. Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris have proposed different ideas for addressing the country's housing woes.

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