A Republican-led challenge to overturn a Nebraska voting law allowing certain overseas voters to vote in Nebraska is over.

Online nativists are exploiting middle-class economic worries to stir hate.

A Republican schism over a social-media post by a Texas politician revealed that the party’s defense of a color-blind meritocracy has its limits.

The technology’s advances have not yet translated into big improvements in real-life care

Forget the ‘hive mind’ of AI agents ‘going rogue.’ They did what humans programmed them to do.

Republicans continue to spend to defend seats in Trump territory

For the 2026 elections, NPR has collected deadlines and information on how to register to vote — online, in person or by mail — in every U.S. state and territory.

AI doesn’t just learn stereotypes from its training. It can cook up new ones, too.

Indiana and Vermont have passed legislation capping what hospitals can charge patients with private insurance, using Medicare rates as a benchmark.

Prices shot up after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran in February and have not settled down since. Crude oil traffic through the key Strait of Hormuz has plunged, and Iran has refused to reopen the w...

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