Democratic presidential campaigns are spending more time and resources on get out the vote efforts. NPR followed the Biden campaign on the ground in New Hampshire.
NPR's Steve Inskeep, discussing his book Imperfect Union: How Jesse and John Fremont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity and Helped Cause the Civil War, touches on parallels to U.S. politics in 2020.
"There are things that I could have handled on the ground much better," the PM said. Many have linked the deadly fires to climate change and blamed conservative Australian governments for inaction.
State Auditor Rob Sand is often mentioned as a potential candidate for higher office but despite being courted by Democratic presidential campaigns, Sand says endorsements "barely" matter "at all."
The Constitution limits the president's power to wage war but presidents have gotten around that and Congress has only rarely asserted itself successfully.
NPR's Michel Martin talks with the Cato Institute's Gene Healy about the back-and-forth between Congress and the White House over the president's ability to take military action against Iran.
The rapid change has raised concern among those who have served on the NSC. They believe the president needs a wide range of experts to give advice on the potential consequences of major actions.
FBI Director Christopher Wray outlined steps the bureau is taking to ensure it doesn't make the same mistakes it did when it wiretapped Carter Page during the 2016 election.