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Last week’s jam-packed and dramatic legislative schedule would have been a welcome distraction this week for political reporters in the General Assembly.…

Director Spike Lee examines the collision of race and politics in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in his provocative new HBO documentary, When the Levees Broke, which has a special showing on Aug. 16 at the New Orleans Arena.

Outside money continues to flow into the Senate race in the Tarheel State. Republican Thom Tillis faces challenges on the airwaves as incumbent Kay Hagan…

Audie Cornish talks to political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Amy Holmes, anchor of The Hotlist on TheBlaze.com, about the politics of the Ebola crisis and midterm elections.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with our regular political commentators, E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and David Brooks of The New York Times, about the political news of the week.

Ramesh Ponnuru of The National Review and Bloomberg Opinion and Jonathan Capehart of the Washington Post talk about the whistleblower controversy and Iran.

Fundraising, electoral college math and third party candidates — how securing a White House victory in a tight election year will come down to a battle for the margins.

Our resident political poets, Calvin Trillin and James Bowman, offer their take on the third and final presidential debate. Trillin is the author of Obliviously On He Sails: The Bush Administration in Rhyme. Bowman is a resident scholar at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington.

Sen. John Kerry appears to be having a change of heart about discussing his faith in the presidential campaign. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty has the final part in a series on religion and politics.