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With another COVID-19 relief bill awaiting his signature or veto, what's President Trump's end game? A new Congress begins Jan. 3, a new president in 24 days, and millions of Americans are struggling.

We talk about President Biden's silence on former president Donald Trump's indictment as well as what the polls are saying about the case against Trump.

Thunderous blasts from at least three car bombs reverberated across Baghdad on Wednesday, and the country's main Sunni political alliance carried through on a threat to withdraw from the government.

Since President Bush experienced a spiritual awakening in 1985, he has used his personal convictions as a tool for enacting policy. In the second part of the Morning Edition series on religion and politics, NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty looks President Bush's faith.

Hip-hop icon and former A Tribe Called Quest frontman Q-Tip returns to the music scene with his new studio album, The Renaissance. Q-Tip talks about his longevity in the rap business, his new CD, and why getting involved in politics is important for the hip-hop community.

With only three days to go before the first presidential debate, the tone of political ads have gotten nastier. Independent groups out to defeat either President Bush or Sen. Kerry have not minced words in attacking the candidates. NPR's Mara Liasson reports.

2: Political and social comic, JIMMY TINGLE. He was featured on the album of political humor "Strange Bedfellows." He's also appeared on "The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," "HBO's One Night Stand," and in Showtime's documentary "But Seriously" about American social satirists. TINGLE has a new one-man show, "Jimmy Tingle's Uncommon Sense," which had an off-Broadway run last year. It's just been held over through November 4th at the Hasty Pudding Theatre in Cambridge. TINGLE's show will be released on a new CD, "Jimmy Tingle's Uncommon Sense: Live from the Hasty Pudding Theatre" (Lyric Moon re

President-elect Joe Biden is calling for unity and healing while President Trump refuses to accept the results of the election.

With the US debt ceiling raised and a government default narrowly avoided, we look at who the political victors were in this fight.

Steve Inskeep reports that candidates at both the Presidential and Congressional levels make very different use of radio for their political ads than they do television. Candidates are "narrowcasting" with their radio spots -- tailoring messages to ethnic or Christian voters. And candidates are using radio to wage very negative campaigns, while keeping their television ads more positive.