Tony Schwartz spent 18 months working on Donald Trump's 1987 best-selling book. "I helped paint a vastly more appealing human being than he actually is," Schwartz says.
One man at the Republican National Convention said supporting any other candidate "would be the definition of insanity," because something has to change. Hear his and other voters' responses.
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed racial discrimination in voting. But author Ari Berman says a 2013 Supreme Court ruling blocks the enforcement. Originally broadcast Aug. 10, 2015.
In a press conference Friday, Donald Trump also referred once again to a conspiracy theory linking Cruz's father to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Steve Inskeep gets a review of Donald Trump's big night with NPR's Scott Detrow and Republican analyst John Feehery. NPR's Asma Khalid reports on young Republicans reluctant to embrace their nominee.
Donald Trump's daughter gave a speech as she introduced him to officially accept the GOP nomination. We listen with NPR's Scott Detrow, and hear from Democrats in Arizona with NPR's Don Gonyea.
Trump's speech was studded with statistics that had fact-checkers working feverishly into the wee hours — often finding numbers to be distorted or downright specious. But it didn't seem to matter.
No contemporary figure has done more to shape the intersection of American media and politics than Roger Ailes. He was forced out of Fox News this week following allegations of sexual harassment.
On the last night of the Republican National Convention, Steve Inskeep talked to delegates on the floor, NPR's Scott Detrow provides analysis and NPR's Mara Liasson has a wrap up of the events.