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2096 episodes transcribedNew polls by The New York Times and Siena College find that Vice President Kamala Harris has transformed the 2024 presidential race and is now leading...
For much of the past year, Donald J. Trump and those around him were convinced that victory in the presidential race was all but certain. Now, everyth...
Les Milne was a consultant anesthesiologist, and his wife, Joy, typically found that he came home smelling of anesthetics, antiseptics and blood. But...
Senator James Lankford discusses how political calculations killed his border bill, the evangelical Christian vote and preparing for life after Trump....
More than 50 years after its inception, “breaking” — not “break dancing,” a term coined by the media and disdained by practitioners — will debut as an...
Vice President Kamala Harris’s ascent to the top of the Democratic ticket has transformed the U.S. presidential race. But the real test awaits: Will t...
Earlier this summer, few Democrats could have identified Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota.But, in a matter of weeks, Mr. Walz has garnered an enthusiastic f...
Every major U.S. stock market plunged on Monday, wiping out billions of dollars in value.Jeanna Smialek, who covers the U.S. economy for The Times, di...
Senator JD Vance, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, and Sofia Nelson, his transgender classmate at Yale Law School, forged a bond that laste...
When Maggie Jones’s marriage collapsed after 23 years, she was devastated and overwhelmed. She was in her 50s, with two jobs, two teenage daughters an...
I went in expecting a swaggering, overconfident guy. I found something much more interesting.
For years, Rupert Murdoch seemed content to let his children battle it out for control of his conservative media empire once he’s gone.Jim Rutenberg,...
Warning: this episode contains strong language and audio of war.When the long legal saga of Julian Assange, the WikiLeaks founder, came to an end this...
Warning: This episode contains audio of war.Over the past few days, the simmering feud between Israel and the Lebanese militia Hezbollah, has reached...
Warning: This episode contains strong language.Although Vice President Kamala Harris has officially been a presidential candidate for only about a wee...
Nuclear power, once the great hope for a clean way to meet the world’s energy needs, fell out of favor decades ago.Brad Plumer, who covers technology...
On Nov. 12, 1974, Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s father’s childhood friend Jack Teich was kidnapped out of his driveway in the nicest part of the nicest part...
The Democrat talks about the election vibe shift and what a Kamala Harris win would mean for both parties.
For years, Venezuelans have been living through one of the most severe economic collapses in modern history — one that has caused millions to flee the...
Over the past 48 hours, as the nomination of Vice President Kamala Harris went from theoretical to inevitable, she has delivered the first glimpses of...
