NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with State Department spokesman Ned Price about the Taliban's rapid resurgence in Afghanistan. Nearly 3,000 U.S. troops are being sent there to provide the embassy security.
Growing numbers of people in the U.S. are reporting on census forms that they identify with more than one racial group. But they're often hidden in breakdowns of the country's demographics.
Early data shows that after the child tax credit payments started going out this summer, the number of households with children who experience food insufficiency dropped.
While several states, including Georgia and Arizona, have passed new restrictive voting laws, others, like Nevada and Vermont, have increased voters' ballot access.
Colorado officials are pointing the finger at the Mesa County clerk, who's currently attending a conference promoting conspiracy theories that the 2020 election was rigged.
NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Suzanne Lynch, former Washington Correspondent for The Irish Times, about covering everything from the Trump administration to the Black Lives Matter protests.
NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy of Florida about the future of the infrastructure bill as it awaits a vote in the House of Representatives.