Analysis

New Hampshire could be Jeb Bush's last stand in the 2016 presidential race. Here, the Republican presidential candidate thanks his supporters Tuesday outside the polling place at Webster School in Manchester, New Hampshire.

After New Hampshire, Some GOP Campaigns May Stagger On In Zombie Phase

3:24pm February 09, 2016

by Ron Elving

The reaper is nearer in the Republican field. The end of the dream may come for any of six candidates who desperately need at least a respectable finish in New Hampshire.

Politics & Government

Politics In The News: New Hampshire Primary

7:03am February 08, 2016

Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders hold substantial leads in their parties' polling. On the Republican side, the positioning of second and third-place candidates could be significant as well.

Politics & Government

On A Downward Spiral, Does Bush Have Money To Resurrect His Campaign?

6:14am February 05, 2016

Early in the GOP presidential season, Jeb Bush was favored by many big money donors. Mary Louise Kelly talks to Erick Erickson, founder of the website The Resurgent, about the GOP presidential race.

Politics & Government

Presidential Voting Season Kicks Off With Iowa Caucuses

2:11pm February 01, 2016

In Iowa, David Greene talks to Ann Selzer of the Des Moines Register and David Yepsen, former chief political correspondent at the Des Moines Register, now at Southern Illinois University.

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Politics & Government

Politics In The News: Iowa Caucuses

7:55am February 01, 2016

David Greene talks to NPR's Cokie Roberts and David Yepsen, formerly of the Des Moines Register and now director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

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Politics & Government

Defiant Trump Exposes More Divisions Within Republican Ranks

4:59pm January 28, 2016

The presidential candidates are in Iowa. Front-runner Donald Trump holds his own event Thursday night after pulling out of the GOP debate. Steve Inskeep talks to Jonah Goldberg of the National Review.

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National

Study: When It Comes To Identifying As Multiracial, Gender Matters

2:59pm January 28, 2016

by Hanna Choi

A new study shows that women with parents of different background are more likely to consider themselves "multiracial" than men.

Outlook For Wages Brightens, But Not So For Wall Street

6:19pm January 25, 2016

by Marilyn Geewax

The nation's business economists see higher wages coming for workers, but that good news did not cheer Wall Street investors on Monday. They continued to worry about supercheap oil prices.

This Week In Politics: GOP Presidential Race

6:42am January 25, 2016

Steve Inskeep takes a closer look at the GOP presidential primary race with Cokie Roberts and Republican pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson and author of The Selfie Vote.

Hillary Clinton confers with Republican Sen. John McCain in 2013.

Clinton Offers Bipartisan Olive Branch, But Is It In Season?

10:50am January 21, 2016

by Ron Elving

Talk of peace between the parties, as Hillary Clinton described in an NPR interview, will not appeal to everyone in this year of the angry activist. But Clinton hopes to survive the primaries.