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Durbin has been No. 2 in the Senate Democratic leadership since 2007, a job that involves knowing senators well enough to be able to count and corral votes, and knowing how to broker a deal.

Sri Lanka's Parliament chooses a new president. New Mexico firefighters have nearly contained a historic wildfire. And, Netflix says it lost nearly 1 million subscribers between April and June.

"I think that it makes no difference in our situation right now," said one resident. Said another: "Any help is welcomed considering the situation in which we find ourselves in, be it large or small."

Erie County, Pa., is one of just a handful of places that boomeranged from supporting Obama in 2008 and 2012, to Trump in 2016, to Biden in 2020. It's worth watching in 2024.

What started as a fare-dodging protest by students turned violent in Santiago. The president declared a state of emergency and later suspended the subway fare increase. The military declared a curfew.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Stephen Vladeck, a Georgetown University law professor, about how President Trump's legal strategy on travel bans has shifted from his previous administration.

The Republican nominee's remarks come days after a joke about Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" at his New York rally prompted backlash.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Dr. Mustafa Barghouti, General Secretary of the Palestinian National Initiative, about President Trump's proposal for the US to take control of the Gaza Strip.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Bridget Brink, who recently resigned her post as US Ambassador to Ukraine, on President Trump's handling of the war in Ukraine and his posture towards Vladimir Putin.

One day after the United States signed an agreement with the Taliban, Ashraf Ghani said a proposed prisoner swap between the Taliban and his government could not be a precondition for talks.