Montgomery, Ala., mayor on leading the city through the voting rights battle NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Steven Reed, the first Black mayor of Montgomery, Ala.
Sen. Sullivan supports sending more military aid to Ukraine NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) about the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Politics chat: Congress unifies in denouncing Russia; Supreme Court nominee chosen America's political leaders have been denouncing Russia for its attack on Ukraine, with the occasional notable exception of former President Donald Trump. Mara Liasson
U.S. and European allies move to cut Russian banks off from SWIFT U.S. and European authorities tightened sanctions on Russia by moving to cut off certain Russian banks from SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Jackie Northam
The Alabama leaders challenging GOP-drawn map that critics say disfavors Black voters NPR's Michel Martin speaks with lawmakers and an activist in Montgomery, Ala., to learn more about the battle over voting rights and gerrymandering in the state.
Georgia Republicans will choose between candidates that supported or denounced Trump The GOP primary for Georgia's top election office includes a candidate who was pressured by former President Donald Trump to overturn his 2020 defeat and another who supports Trump's election lies. Miles Parks
Will the current sanctions actually push Russia to withdraw from Ukraine? Scott Simon speaks to businessman Bill Browder, a vocal critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, about sanctions on Russia.
This won't be the first State of the Union speech given during a crisis Even when under maximum pressure, presidents have viewed the speech as a unique opportunity to make their case to the rest of the government, to the nation as a whole and to the wider world as well. Ron Elving
WA Democrats want to increase spending by about $6 billion The state’s revenue picture just keeps getting rosier and rosier. That means state lawmakers have billions more to spend, save or return to taxpayers; Democrats are opting to spend more. Katie Campbell
A majority say Biden's first year was a failure, a new poll finds President Biden is at just 39% approval. "These are sort of rock-bottom numbers," said the director of the survey, which was conducted before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Domenico Montanaro
