A look back at Putin's year
2023 began on a tough note for Russian President Putin, with his war in Ukraine stagnating and criticism from the head of the Wagner group. Now, that man is dead and Ukraine may be running out of aid.
Politics & Government
Town of Summerfield still faces lingering threat of de-annexation over controversial development
Summerfield officials held a special meeting Saturday to discuss the latest with a proposed development that sparked the general assembly's threat of de-annexation of town land.
U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen on border security and aid to Israel and Ukraine
NPR's Michel Martin asks Democratic U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland about the negotiations by Democrats and Republicans over border security and aid for Israel and Ukraine.
Car plows into parked SUV in Biden's motorcade outside Delaware campaign headquarters
A car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Biden's motorcade. The president and first lady were not harmed.
Florida GOP suspends chairman and demands his resignation amid rape investigation
Ziegler is accused of raping a woman with whom he and his wife, Moms for Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, had a prior consensual sexual relationship, according to police records.
Iowa caucuses roundtable
With less than a month to the Iowa caucuses, NPR's Scott Detrow speaks to Iowa Public Radio's Clay Masters and pollster J. Ann Selzer about the state of the Republican presidential nominating contest.
Politics chat: Negotiating aid to Ukraine and Israel; Trump campaigns in New Hampshire
A bipartisan group of senators negotiates on a framework for military aid to Ukraine and Israel coupled with funding for border security, and former president Donald Trump campaigns in New Hampshire.
Trump's trials update
Special counsel Jack Smith asks the Supreme Court to decide whether former President Donald Trump has immunity.
How was 2023 for EVs?
NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with White House Senior Adviser Mitch Landrieu and Consumer Reports autos reporter Keith Barry about the challenge of achieving the Biden administration's EV sales goals.
Scores of candidates to seek high-profile open political positions in North Carolina as filing ends
Scores of candidates filed for nearly a dozen high-profile elected positions in North Carolina where the incumbents aren't running in 2024 because of redistricting, retirements or term limits.