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Paul Allen, who co-founded tech giant Microsoft with Bill Gates, has died from complications of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Seattle Times reporter Matt Day.

The midterm elections will determine which party controls the House and Senate for the next two years — and that could have a major effect on the future of U.S. health policy.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Steve Bousquet, of the Tampa Bay Times, about how Hurricane Michael is shaping Florida's elections this season.

By engaging with our country's past — and present — in an intellectually honest way, Jill Lepore has created a book that truly does encapsulate the American story in all its pain and triumph.

President Trump this week promised to "straighten out" gun violence in Chicago. His strategy: Oppose police reform deals that limit cops' ability to challenge and search potential criminals.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Governing Magazine reporter Alan Greenblatt about bills by Republican legislatures in Michigan and Wisconsin that would roll back the powers of newly-elected Democrats.

Turkey is trying to attract scientists who have left the country. It's a tough task amid the ongoing purge politics and a feeling among scientists that they don't fit in anymore.

This year Democrats took seven Republican gubernatorial seats and claimed six new state trifectas. The party is chipping away at gains made by Republicans in the last 10 years.

President Trump is in Argentina for a meeting of G-20 world leaders. The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement replaces NAFTA and still needs to be ratified by Congress.

Central Americans moving across Mexico are arriving at the Tijuana border crossing into the U.S. Their arrival increases pressures on local authorities and tensions with residents.