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After Fitch warned the U.S. its AAA rating could be in jeopardy, there is fear of a repeat of what happened in 2011, when Standard & Poors downgraded the U.S. to AA+.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Larry Sabato, director of the University of Virginia's Center for Politics, about voters concerned with the mental fitness of aging politicians in the U.S.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to author Mike Bockoven about his new book Killing It, a darkly funny story about four standup comedians who face literal death in a comedy club.

The White House and House Republican negotiators have agreed in principle to raise the U.S. debt limit and avoid default. The agreement must still pass Congress.

Details of the deal President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have struck to avoid national default are still emerging as the text of the bill is being written.

Shrinidhi Rai plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

George Michael Todd — a generous, "gentle giant" — died of sudden cardiac death. He served in Afghanistan and returned home with PTSD. In 2017 he released an album called Combat Medicine.

In this week's StoryCorps' Military Voices Initiative, we hear from a Vietnam War veteran whose job was to identify the casualties of war and notify their loved ones if they were injured or killed.

New York City has more that 400 subway stops. One straphanger is trying to break the record for reaching all of them the fastest.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of Meadlowark Media about the NBA conference finals and the Florida Panthers' surprising run in the NHL playoffs.