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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper named five new members to the State Board of Elections Thursday. They will decide whether a whole new election in the state's ninth congressional district is necessary.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson about a federal judge's decision this week that blocked his state's Medicaid work requirement rules.

Rent control is returning to some communities. But evidence suggests there are better ways to keep low-income people housed.

The Russian city of Belgorod elected a mayor. The city cultural director wanted stirring music for the inauguration and chose the Star Wars theme. She said later she didn't realize it was American.

A meme featuring a short video of NPR's Nina Totenberg walking up to Arnold Schwarzenegger and sticking a microphone in his face took off this week.

Donald Trump Jr. met in 2016 with Natalia Veselnitskaya, a lawyer described as close to the Kremlin. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly asks Atlantic writer Julia Ioffe exactly what that means.

The Senate is expected to vote this week on a bill to fund the government. TSA staff are working without pay during the government shutdown, and about 10 percent of TSA workers called out sick Sunday.

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with Michael Anton, former National Security spokesman for the Trump Administration, about Iran and the potential for war.

Former President Donald Trump's sentencing postponed again in New York, Vice President Kamala Harris' massive fundraising haul, and ahead of Tuesday's debates both candidates agree to rules.

Child care continues to vex working parents. In Wisconsin, the CEO of the Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry has been trying — and struggling — to make a difference.