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Sanae Takaichi, Japan’s prime minister and president of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), puts pins marking the names of candidates who won lower house elections at the LDP headquarters …

FILE – In this photo released by the Narges Foundation Archive, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammad is seen after being released on a medical furlough in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, …

Kid Rock performs before President-elect Donald Trump arrives at a rally ahead of the inauguration, on Jan. 19, 2025, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP As …

Texas’ U.S. Senate is grappling with how immigration enforcement should look like ahead of its primary elections. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Minnesota has been the focus of immigration enforcement in the …

Transgender rights supporters rallied at the Lutheran Church of the Reformation in Washington, DC, after the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in June 2025. …

NPR Political Correspondent Domenico Montanaro joins to discuss the Trump administration’s engagement in foreign conflicts, as well as what a recent poll says about what where voters stand on several …

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth leaves an oath of enlistment ceremony, Friday, Feb. 6, 2026, held on the base of the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. Kevin Wolf/AP hide caption toggle …

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to author Anne Applebaum about how the U.S. may be headed toward authoritarianism. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Is the United States moving towards autocracy? Many people who …

U.S. and Iranian envoys have held talks aimed at averting possible U.S. strikes on Iran.

President Trump gestures as he boards Air Force One on Jan. 13. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images In October 2020, President …