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The election is just a few days away, and candidates are making their final pushes to encourage voters to head to the polls. Nearly a million North…

The Supreme Court upheld the changes to North Carolina’s voting laws. The new measures mean today is the final day voters can register in the state. Find…

Political chaos, protests and looting continue in Kyrgyzstan after the opposition seizes power and President Askar Akayev leaves the country. Meanwhile, the parliament is working to establish a new government.

The field of contenders for the senate seat held by democrat Kay Hagan continues to grow. North Carolina Speaker of the House Thom Tillis leads the GOP…

With less than month to go before the May primaries, congressional candidates are making their final appeals to voters. But how big a role does money play…

The North Carolina General Assembly is back to work in Raleigh and lawmakers are filing dozens of bills.On the agenda: gay marriage licensing, abortion…

NPR's Scott Simon talks to historian Steven Englund about his new book Napoleon, A Political Life. England says the diminutive conqueror was more of a poker play than a chess player.

2: Political satirist AL FRANKEN. He was one of the original writers for Saturday Night Live. He's won four Emmys for his writing on the show. His most popular character is Stuart Smalley, the new age cable TV host. He left the show last season. His new book "Rush Limbaugh is a Big Fat Idiot and Other Observations" (Delacorte Press) is his look at American politics and the Republican revolution. The Kirkus Reviews writes, "he attacks with a wonderful lack of civility. . .and he does it with two murderous weapons: satire and facts. . ."

NPR's Steve Inskeep takes a look at racial tactics in the 2002 elections. In Georgia, a debate over the Confederate flag helped bring down the incumbent Democratic governor, while candidates in Texas were accused of using coded racial appeals to get out the vote. He talks to Ruben Navarette, editorial writer for The Dallas Morning News; Democrat Tyrone Brooks, chairman of the state association of black elected officials; University of Georgia political scientist Charles Bullock; and political scientist Paul Green of Roosevelt University in Chicago.

On top of pressing fiscal deadlines, hurricane relief and tax overhaul, President Trump may ask lawmakers to take on a controversial immigration policy regarding so-called "DREAMers."