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The North Carolina primary is just two months from today and the campaigns are in full swing. Republican hopefuls met in another presidential debate last…

NPR's Liane Hansen jokes around with online political satirist and Weekend Edition regular Andy Borowitz. Andy gives us the low-down on his new book, The Borowitz Report — The Big Book of Shockers.

News analyst NPR's Daniel Schorr says the flap over the falsified documents from George W. Bush's time in the Texas Air National Guard, covered on CBS News, will occupy a place in the annals of political hoaxes.

The ancient Romans used divination, augury and other mystic and religous practices to predict what the gods intended for their political and military pursuits. One key: sacred chickens. Hear Weekend Edition classics commentator Elaine Fantham and NPR's Scott Simon.

We look at how U.S. lawmakers are responding to the attacks launched on Syria overnight.

Is North Carolina moving toward prosperity and justice for all, or is the state repeating political mistakes of the past? That is a question a state…

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump faced off last night in the first presidential debate of the season. They butted heads about how to address racial…

The dust has settled from last week’s elections and both parties are looking to the future. State house members gear up for their internal contest to fill…

The politics of Afghanistan are critical to the politics of America this week, as President Obama ponders the future of the U.S. mission there amid uncertainty about that country's elections. In Washington, Congress is poised to take the year-long debate on health care to the floor of the House — and several states will be holding elections for governor, mayor and other offices. Guest host Jacki Lyden talks with NPR's senior Washington editor, Ron Elving.

Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin's new book is Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln. Goodwin, who won the Pulitzer Prize for her previous book, No Ordinary Time, recounts the life and work of our 16th president, as well as the work of the principal characters of his administration.