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The state Supreme Court halted two voter-backed constitutional amendments from taking effect on Friday, siding with an argument from the NAACP that a racially gerrymandered NC General Assembly lacks some legitimacy. Meanwhile, the Attorney General faces a criminal campaign investigation, and one Congressional hopeful may – or may not – know the difference between a department store and a development democracy. Clark Riemer and Rob Schofield seek to make some sense of this week’s state political news.

Democrats hope Jon Ossoff can clear 50 percent in the special election to succeed now-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price in a race they've tried to make a referendum on President Trump.

People look to the Civil War for a precedent to the current state of polarization. But look no further than the 1960s, when America was riven over Vietnam, counterculture and the student movement.

Lee Hsien Yang, the brother of Singapore's former prime minister, said he is a "political refugee" after the U.K. government granted him asylum from what he described as persecution at home.

We post-game the results of the midterm elections, focusing on the issues that drew voters to the polls as well as just what happened to the "red wave" predicted by several polls.

We look at the passage of the stopgap spending bill as well as President Biden's statements on the necessity of a secure Palestinian state alongside Israel.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks conservative pundit Charlie Sykes about the state of the presidential race and where he thinks it is headed.

We look at the dustup over the vote to renew FISA, how former President Donald Trump is responding to new abortion laws, and President Biden's latest plan for additional student loan forgiveness.

President Trump's offer of refugee status to economically privileged white South Africans has enraged some people in that nation. NPR gets more reaction from South Africans on the issue.

We take a look at where things stand with President Trump's tax and spending bill, now before the Senate, as well as the effort to block the president from taking further military action against Iran.