More than $15 billion has been raised in this year's midterm elections. And, France's president is condemning the violent protests erupting across the country.
Fontaines D.C. Sophia Stel. The Avalanches. Host Stephen Thompson breaks down the best albums out Friday, Oct. 16 with DJs from around the NPR Music network: Celia Gregory from WNXP in Nashville, Skylar Rochelle from 90.9 The Bridge in Kansas City and Andrew Brown from KUTX in Austin. Plus, a handful of NPR Music writers and critics offer their personal picks in the lightning round.
Preparations for Hurricane Isaias are underway at the state and local level, and residents are heeding advise to get ready.
Their message was helping the working class deal with rising inflation, a lack of health care and unlimited campaign financing by "the oligarchy."
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Michigan's Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is campaigning in the GOP stronghold of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, an area that hasn't voted for a Democrat in Congress in over a decade.
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Solar power is transforming agriculture in Pakistan. But in a country already facing water scarcity and extreme weather, some fear their widespread use could cause problems.
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Protesters in Arizona are decrying the removal of 250-year-old cottonwood trees for border wall expansion. This after a judge temporarily halted it in and near Big Bend National Park in Texas.
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Trump said in a post on social media that Netanyahu "has been a Great Warrior Prime Minister, and an even greater Partner for Peace in combatting the Islamic Republic of Iran."
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President Trump continues his efforts to remake Washington, D.C. He wants to turn an area used by the public into a world-class golf course.