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Stung by a series of recent scandals, the prime minister is locked in a virtual tie with Andrew Scheer of the opposition Conservative Party ahead of Monday's election.

The new swing vote on the court is the conservative chief justice; Trump's appointees are going different directions; and Justice Ginsburg appears to be handing off the liberal torch to Justice Kagan.

As U.S. performing artists struggle to make ends meet during the pandemic, those in France are benefitting from an unemployment system that takes into account the intermittent nature of their work.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, about Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation hearings for the Supreme Court.

The Senate Judiciary Committee began confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Tuesday. Kavanaugh is President Trump's pick to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

What really happened between students from a Kentucky Catholic school and a Native American elder? And what does it say about us?

For the state's open U.S. Senate seat, the two top Republican contenders are David McCormick and Mehmet Oz. And, as in so many GOP races this year, there's another major player — Donald Trump.

Ohio House Minority Leader Allison Russo's move to deliver all 32 Ohio Democrats in the House to make Republican Jason Stephens the new House Speaker may well slow down the "culture war" fervor of the legislature's most conservative members.

Secretary of State Frank LaRose, Ohio's chief elections officer, wants to amend the state constitution to require constitutional amendments brought by petition initiatives to garner 60% of the vote to be approved. Voting rights advocates and conservative groups alike are crying foul.

Scholar Philip Jenkins argues that scriptures in the Quran are less brutal than those in the Bible. In his forthcoming book, Dark Passages, Jenkins points out that violence in the Quran is mostly defensive, but in the Bible, it is often a method of genocide.