Being a governor can be a very good thing if you're running for president. NPR explores the role of governors in presidential races and how they might affect 2016.
President Obama announced Wednesday that families of hostages will no longer be subject to criminal prosecution if they decide to pay ransom to hostage takers.
NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Nancy Curtis about the changes to U.S. policy on American hostages. Curtis' son, Theo Padnos, was held hostage in Syria for two years until he was released last August.
NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Bruce Oppenheimer, a professor at Vanderbilt University, about the changing demographics and politics of the South after the Charleston, S.C., shooting.
The 44-year-old Indian-American governor, who entered the presidential race Wednesday, was once seen as a rising star in the GOP. But presidential hopes are dimming.
Speaking at a church on Tuesday, Clinton said what had kept her own mother going was "kindness along the way from someone who believed she mattered. All lives matter."