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Here & Now's Robin Young speaks with Edmund Lee of Recode for a deeper look at Silicon Valley and luminaries like Tim Cook and Peter Thiel.

Tovia Smith reports that New Hampshire have been inundated with campaign ads in recent weeks as rivals for the Republican presidential nomination try to outdo each other on the airwaves. This unprecedented use of television advertising -- in a state where previous campaigns were waged mostly in living rooms and meeting halls -- is partly due to the massive influx of campaign spending by millionaire businessman Steve Forbes. Some analysts say the increasingly negative ads will only turn off voters.

"I certainly feel a strong call of public service," she tells the BBC, after not ruling out a run for office someday. Now 32, she adds that her mother's run for the White House in 2008 got her thinking about a possible future in politics for herself.

Mohamedou Ould Slahi is an innocent man who spent 14 years detained and tortured in Guantanamo Bay.He was released last fall and has since returned to his…

A political journalist tells congressional Republicans to pull the trigger on a government shutdown and debt default... Speaker Boehner's attempt to placate his House GOP caucus' hardliners fails ... Someone goes cute and furry to sell Obamacare.

President Obama took it upon himself Friday to speak candidly about Trayvon Martin and the verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. Host Rachel Martin talks to NPR senior political correspondent Mara Liasson about why and how the president shared his thoughts.

Vermont Democrat Christine Hallquist became the first openly transgender candidate nominated for governor by a major party. Minn. Rep. Keith Ellison won a primary despite domestic abuse allegations.

A bipartisan group of female senators got the Senate to pass a resolution condemning the abductions. And Michelle Obama gave the issue additional support in her first solo White House radio address.

When Kuwaiti artist and graphic designer Mohammad Sharaf gets angry, he creates art.His illustrations touch on topics ranging from women’s rights in the…

Gun violence protests may be a pivotal moment for the generation coming up behind millennials. Events that occur when we're young can have an outsized impact on shaping our political outlook.