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NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with State Department spokesman Ned Price about the Taliban's rapid resurgence in Afghanistan. Nearly 3,000 U.S. troops are being sent there to provide the embassy security.

With so much focus on the presidential election, keep in mind these down-ballot races can lead to big changes in your state when it comes to policies like abortion, health care and criminal justice.

The U.S. says it will revoke visas for Chinese students who study in "critical fields" or have links to China's Communist Party. The move could harm U.S. innovation and science research capacity.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with David McCloskey, whose new spy versus spy novel Moscow X is about a CIA officer scheming to recruit a Russian intelligence officer — and vice versa.

Former President Donald Trump's rally speeches are like his rally playlists: heavy on the greatest hits, but with plenty of space left for new tracks that riff on what's popular with his supporters.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Natalie Moore about the legacy of soap operas. She is host and writer of "Stories Without End," the new season of the WBEZ podcast "Making."

The filmmaker has two new movies out: Nouvelle Vague is an homage to director Jean-Luc Godard, and Blue Moon centers on lyricist Lorenz Hart, the former creative partner of Richard Rodgers.

The transportation secretary announced a far-reaching plan to drastically overhaul the current technology used by thousands of controllers responsible for guiding planes in and out of airports.

Efforts to end Russia's war in Ukraine have continued this week, but there are no signs of a major breakthrough.

British political operative Steve Hilton tells NPR's Scott Simon what he thinks the conservative movement needs both in the U.K. and the U.S.