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As his Conservative Party struggles to heal divisive wounds from months of infighting, Sunak must deal with high inflation levels, elevated energy prices and a soaring cost of living.

As the government shutdown enters its fourth week, federal workers are struggling to make ends meet. But according to Jamiles Lartey, the shutdown is having a disproportionate effect on black workers.

The bill opens the government through Feb. 15 and provides back pay for federal workers who have missed two paychecks during the longest shutdown in U.S. history. Border security talks continue.

In his new book, political science professor Patrick Deneen calls on readers to take a long, hard look at America’s oft-exalted liberal ideology.…

A new Governor. Voter ID. Abortion access. A preview of the coming elections, and what they’ll mean for policy that affects nearly 11 million North Carolinians, and the most populous region in the nation.

News, politics, and a little bit of hoop on the Friday news roundup. Our panel of journalists updates the mishap within Durham Public Schools, an historical note on impeachment, and more, with co-host Jeff Tiberii.

President Biden, they say, should call for a cease-fire. One representative of a network leading 15 million congregants said she hasn’t seen such a unified political front among Black congregants since the Civil Rights movement.

What could big numbers for early voting in North Carolina mean for Election Day? Professors Kerry Haynie of Duke University and Michael Bitzer of Catawba College join co-host Jeff Tiberii to break down the record-breaking turnout.

A new podcast takes a look at how America got such a divided media landscape from where we were 20 years ago. According to a Gallup poll, Americans believe they are more divided than ever, too. Eighty percent of Americans say the nation is “greatly divided” on “the most important values.”

Augustus Richard Norton, a Boston University professor of international relations and anthropology, has written about Lebanon for 25 years; he's a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and an expert on Shiite political movements, including Hezbollah. His new book is Hezbollah: A Short History.