2016 Presidential Race

Republicans' White Working-Class Trap: A Growing Reliance

7:33pm January 18, 2016

by Asma Khalid

In 2012, whites without a college degree were far more likely to vote Republican. They are a shrinking part of the electorate, but their influence is growing in GOP primaries.

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., gestures towards Democratic presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton during the NBC, YouTube Democratic presidential debate in Charleston, S.C., on Sunday.

The Fourth Democratic Debate In 100 Words (Plus A Vine And 2 Videos)

11:42pm January 17, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

This was as raucous a debate as we've seen from the Democrats. Bernie Sanders was the one in the spotlight this time and he was quick to the draw offering unapologetic defenses of his policies.

Bernie Sanders, left, and Hillary Clinton confer during a break in a December Democratic presidential debate in New Hampshire.

3 Questions Ahead Of Tonight's Democratic Debate

9:10am January 17, 2016

It's the last debate for the Democrats before the first votes will be cast in Iowa, where Hillary Clinton and Vermont independent Bernie Sanders are locked in a neck-and-neck race.

GOP Debate: Desperation Time Is Setting In

9:31pm January 14, 2016

by Domenico Montanaro

With less than three weeks to go before voting begins, watch for skirmishes to break out at Thursday's Republican debate — from attacks on Donald Trump to establishment candidates vying for position.

The Ted Cruz Goldman Sachs Loan, Explained

8:43pm January 14, 2016

by Peter Overby

Here are four ways to understand the controversy that the Texas senator finds himself in after it was revealed that his Senate campaign did not disclose a loan from the Wall Street investment giant.

William Gordon, left, helps Steve Wrona as he looks at guns while visiting the K&W Gunworks store in Delray Beach, Fla., on Tuesday, the day President Obama announced executive action on guns.

Research Suggests Gun Background Checks Work, But They're Not Everything

10:05am January 09, 2016

by Danielle Kurtzleben

Recent studies have found that background checks can help curb gun violence. In recent shootings, though, evidence is tougher to see.

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump at a rally in Biloxi, Mississippi.

'What Am I Going To Do?': Trump Dismisses Al-Shabab Video Featuring Speech

12:24pm January 03, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

In an interview with CBS, Donald Trump said that the terrorist organization uses other people in its videos too. "I have to say what I have to say," Trump said.

Art work by Anne Marie Zanfagna at the First Baptist Church of Plaistow on Dec. 20, in Plaistow, N.H.

Portraits Of Those Killed By Heroin Bring Healing And Awareness

8:26pm December 27, 2015

by Tamara Keith

Heroin and other opioid overdoses are projected to kill 400 people in New Hampshire this year. Many of them are young. And now one mom is painting portraits of those who overdosed.

Governor Chris Christie delivers the Commencement Address at the University of Delaware, January, 2011.

Politics & Government

Where Chris Christie Found His Political Calling

1:52pm December 27, 2015

by Matt Katz

In four years at the University of Delaware, the New Jersey Governor and GOP presidential candidate learned how to build a winning coalition — and found his wife.

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A boy is carried ashore moments after his arrival with other Syrian and Iraqi migrants on the island of Lesbos from Turkey on October 14, 2015 in Sikaminias, Greece. A recent piece in Scientific American highlights the connection between the Syrian refuge

#NPRreads: 3 New Angles On Stories You Thought You Knew

6:27pm December 26, 2015

A look at the 2016 campaign — or rather, the un-campaigns. The history of the Seattle music scene — but not that Seattle music scene. And the refugee crisis through the lens of a sinking water table.