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The GOP may be in the midst of an identity crisis, but the Democratic Party, after the Obama presidency, is also facing a political crisis.

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the lavish parties that private corporations and interest groups put on for influential members of Congress at political conventions. Although everyone says no lobbying takes place, critics say that such parties can provide the basis for personal relationships between elected officials and lobbyists, and in the long run, that can pay dividends to special interests.

Reid Mihalko is the force behind a growing trend: cuddle parties. Those who take part dress up in jammies and hold each other close for several hours. The parties are meant to "empower and heal people in their relationships, sexuality and self-expression." Hear Mihalko and NPR's Scott Simon.

Some Arizona Republicans are demanding an audit of the state party's leadership election, in which Donald Trump ally Kelli Ward was reelected as party chair.

The New Music Friday and Pop Culture Happy Hour host had a hard time narrowing his favorite albums of 2025 down to 10 — the year in music was good enough to fill a list two or three times longer.

David Greene talks Stefan Kornelius, foreign editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung, ahead of Monday's talks between President Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

Nominees for the 2018 World Press Photo contest are both newsy and unexpected: child jockeys, a blindfolded rhino, cave-dwellers in China.

In this year's presidential election, Latinos are a major voting bloc — and Spanish is getting its close-up.

Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising: more than $1 billion in a single year. How did the school do it and what does it do with the money?

Ahead of Tuesday's vice presidential debate, here is where the two running mates differ on some issues from their party's presidential nominees.