Ad spending this election season is estimated at nearly $10 billion, surpassing even the 2020 presidential election. We look at two ads and what's at stake these midterms.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Republican strategist Alice Stewart and Democratic strategist Joel Payne about how political campaigns communicate their messages to voters with political ads.

Professor Andrew Delbanco gave this year's annual Jefferson Lecture, titled, "The Question of Reparations: Our Past, Our Present, Our Future," where he addressed reparations for slavery in the U.S.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered martial law in four Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.

For the first time ever, "Jeopardy!" is giving a second chance to past competitors who lost. But for some, this competition means something more than a shot at redemption.

Travis Gienger spent six months growing the largest pumpkin in North American history, then he drove it from Minnesota to California over the weekend.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Golnaz Esfandiari, senior correspondent for Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty, about growing protests in Iran and the regime's struggle to control them.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Axios reporter Emma Hurt about how recent allegations against Georgia's senate candidate Herschel Walker are affecting his chances with voters.

Advertising legend and creator of the iconic Nike slogan, "Just do it" Dan Wieden died last week at the age of 77, leaving behind a legacy that changed the industry forever.

If you are following events in Russia and Ukraine closely, you could be forgiven for wondering if Vladimir Putin has backed himself into a corner. So, where does this leave him?

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Michael McFaul, a former U.S. Ambassador to Russia, about Putin's mindset as the war in Ukraine shifts out of Russia's favor.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Professor Douglas McCauley, director of the Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory, about a new technology that protects whales from colliding with large shipping vessels.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with economic policy expert Heather McGhee, host of the podcast The Sum Of Us, about how historic disinvestment by states in education contributed to the student debt crisis.

A new study shows that America's Christian majority has been shrinking for years, and if recent trends continue, Christians could make up less than half the U.S. population within a few decades.

The U.S.'s Christian majority has been shrinking for decades. A Pew Research Center study shows that as of 2020, about 64% of Americans identify as Christian. Fifty years ago, that number was 90%.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Nick Aldworth, former U.K. national coordinator for counterterrorism, about how England is prepping security for Queen Elizabeth's funeral in London next week.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Moisés Naím, a distinguished fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the stability and effectiveness of democracies around the world.

In his new book, journalist Max Fisher unpacks how social media companies have engineered our feeds to keep us angry, and keep us online.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Max Fisher, author of The Chaos Machine, about how social media companies leverage content that elicits anger and outrage to keep users engaged on their platforms.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Judah, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who will likely succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.