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Joe Biden has chosen Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his 2020 running mate. NPR looks at why it was important for him to pick a Black woman as his running mate.

North Korea will top the agenda as President Trump and South Korea's Moon Jae-in meet Thursday. But whatever tensions brew below the surface, there will be reassurances that the relationship is solid.

The Illinois General Assembly ended its annual legislative session last night without agreeing on a budget. Top Democrats and Republicans blamed each...

Power has shifted again in one of Iraq's most ancient and pivotal cities — Kirkuk. Kurds have recently been on top there but now Arab leaders are in charge and residents are tense as they look ahead.

Seoul sent special envoys, including a spy chief and a top security official, in a first reported meeting between South Korean officials and North Korea's leader since he took power in 2011.

Voters in four states have approved ballot measures to rein in partisan gerrymandering. In New Jersey, democratic lawmakers rejected a plan that would have given them an advantage in future elections.

A top Russian official has dismissed suggestions that Paul Whelan would be traded for any Russian in U.S. custody.

NPR speaks with reporter Zolan Kanno-Youngs of The Wall Street Journal about the courtroom allegation that drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman bribed former Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto.

NPR' s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Chris Gardner from The Hollywood Reporter about allegations of voter fraud at The Razzies.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Nature reporter Alex Witze about a rapid shift in the Earth's magnetic poles.