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The coronavirus has now killed more than 800,000 people in the U.S., more deaths than any other country has reported. The U.S. also leads the world in diagnosed cases with more than 50 million.

More than 3 million people this year watched flat track motorcycle racing, thanks in large part to two unlikely characters.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with historian William Hogeland about little-known facts he learned about founding father Alexander Hamilton while researching his new book, "The Hamilton Scheme."

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with author Charmaine Wilkerson about her new book, Good Dirt.

Everyone knows that distrust of Washington is at near-record levels and that Congress has grown more polarized. But what's going on with American voters is more complicated than you may realize.

Steve Inskeep talks to departing National Transportation Safety Board chairman Deborah Hersman about the years of delay in putting safer tanker cars on the nation's railroads.

A federal rule that prevents states from dropping people from Medicaid rolls during the pandemic expires at the end of March.

Steve Israel's new satire imagines a world where the gun lobby holds enough sway to pass such legislation through Congress. As a former Democratic congressman, he knows the subject intimately.

A good portion of rural America still needs access to fast internet. Some worry that new directives that call for using less expensive broadband technology will make internet service less reliable.

A good portion of rural America still needs access to fast internet. Some worry that new directives that call for using less expensive broadband technology will make internet service less reliable.