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President Trump announced that Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster will be his new national security adviser. David Greene talks to Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, who tweeted his strong approval of the pick.

Senate pushback on nominations for Supreme Court justices has been more common than most people think, especially over the last half-century.

Using excerpts from letters and diaries, historian and critic Bill Goldstein follows writers Virginia Woolf, E. M. Forster, D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot through the tumultuous literary year of 1922.

A brief and incomplete study of men's hats in American history — and what they reveal.

It's time for the San Diego Comic-Con! Fans of all ages gather in costumes (and not) to get a sneak peek at upcoming books, movies, TV shows and more.

Ariana DeBose should host everything. Jennifer Hudson makes history. And we should all celebrate understudies.

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly has lost support from advertisers after reports about sexual harassment. NPR's Scott Simon talks to professor Anita Hill about women being harassed in the workplace.

A poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that people in the politically important state of Ohio are divided over Obamacare.

This year, we've said goodbye to political icons, such as George H.W. and Barbara Bush. Also Sen. John McCain. But there were other noteworthy politicians whose passing you may have missed.

HBO's new dark fantasy series serves up satisfyingly pulpy thrills even as it examines the enduring legacy of slavery through a prism of science-fiction and horror.