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Weeks after a Saudi journalist went into the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and never came out, Secretary of State Pompeo wants answers. A NPR poll finds rural Americans worry about addiction and jobs.

The author of Man Booker Prize finalist Washington Black began her new book on a plantation in 1830s Barbados. "I really have no idea where my story is going at the outset of it," she says.

Washington and Riyadh ratchet up the rhetoric over missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. A lawsuit alleging racial discrimination by Harvard against Asian-American applicants goes to court Monday.

A Morning Edition team goes to Lexington, Ky., the heart of the state's 6th congressional district, to understand the issues important to voters, and to find out how they're leaning ahead of midterms.

The race to represent the state's 6th congressional district is a tough one. Wolfe County, one of the U.S.'s poorest, is a part of that district. In that red-leaning county, what's on voters' minds?

There's a tight race in that district that will help decide control of the House. President Trump, who's campaigning there this weekend, hopes his success in 2016 will carry over to the midterms.

Post Michael, what does Mexico Beach, Fla., look like now? As midterms draw near, we examine Kentucky's 6th congressional district. Sunday, Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero becomes a saint.

Crowds gathered in protest on Capitol Hill and elsewhere after the release of the FBI report into an allegation of sexual assault against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

China's Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai tells NPR his country is "ready to make a deal" with the United States, if they could find a trustworthy partner in Washington.

According to Forbes magazine, Donald Trump has tried and failed to profit from his presidency. Democrats and Republicans warn the fight over Kavanaugh's nomination could have a lasting impact.

The scope of the FBI's probe into the Supreme Court nominee. The death toll is expected to rise after a Tsunami in Indonesia. DOJ sues California over its law regulating internet service providers.

President Trump is touting a new trade deal with Canada and Mexico that he hopes will replace NAFTA. He's calling it the U.S.-Mexico-Canada deal. Scott Horsley updates with the latest.

Where do things stand with the Supreme Court nomination? More than 800 people are dead after a tsunami in Indonesia. After weeks of talks, Canada will stay in a trade pact with the U.S. and Mexico.

The family and former bandmates of Tom Petty are marking the one-year anniversary of his death by releasing a new collection of Petty's music.

Christine Blasey Ford, who has accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, is testifying on Capitol Hill. NPR's congressional reporter Kelsey Snell offers the latest.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford, who is accusing him of sexual misconduct, are testifying on Capitol Hill. NPR congressional reporter Kelsey Snell discusses the latest.

The Supreme Court nominee talks publicly for the first time since misconduct allegations were made against him. Trump addresses the U.N. General Assembly. Sessions talks to state attorneys general.

Lawyers for the woman accusing the Supreme Court nominee of assault is discussing terms of her Senate panel appearance. And, it's been decades since a Democrat won a statewide race in Texas.

A vote on Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination may be delayed after a woman said he attempted to sexually assault her decades ago. Florence is downgraded and a typhoon threatens parts of Asia.

The writer Lauren Groff's recent book of short stories includes one called "Eyewall" in which a woman decides to ride out a hurricane.