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Facing threats and misinformation, election officials are under intense pressure this fall. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Justin Roebuck, who oversees elections in Ottawa County, Michigan.

Vice President Kamala Harris' media blitz, former President Donald Trump responds to reporting that he kept in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin: The week that was on the campaign trail.

Author Travis Jonker and illustrator Matthew Cordell talk about the real model ship that inspired their picture book about a man, his son, a mouse, and the voyage that brings them together.

A conservative Christian gathering on the National Mall Saturday aims to bring together anti-LGTBQ, anti-abortion, and QAnon activists.

San Francisco has a population of fewer than a million people and yet has launched a number of national political careers, including that of Kamala Harris.

John Hunter, the teacher in Charlottesville, Va., who invented the World Peace Game, talks about a memorable trip his fourth graders took to the Pentagon.

NPR's Leila Fadel follows up with a couple of students from Michigan's Wayne State University to see how their views of the candidates have evolved since she last interviewed them in February.

With each launch, SpaceX has been discharging tens of thousands of gallons of industrial wastewater into sensitive wetlands. Environmentalists say an increase in launches will only make things worse.

Oklahoma's top education official has made headlines for mandating Bibles in each classroom but once upon a time he was a high school teacher who enjoyed dissecting racy HBO dramas with students.

The Japanese grassroots group Nihon Hidankyo, an organization of World War II atomic bombing survivors, has won the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to create a world free of nuclear weapons.