NPR's Scott Simon notes that as coronavirus cases in the U.S. rise rapidly, it can be hard to hear that we don't know when this will all be over.

Former national security officials tell All Things Considered that they worry about the blowback if Trump were to launch an unprovoked attack on Iran or quickly pull troops from Afghanistan.

As COVID-19 cases rise across the state, Governor Gavin Newsom has issued a travel advisory alongside Oregon and Washington to urge visitors not to travel out-of-state or to quarantine if they do so.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major, Angie Han and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s new movie releases.

The feature film “The Climb” experienced several release delays that stretched through most of last year. It’s something others in the industry are grappling with as well.

If you read the headlines in major news publications like the Wall Street Journal, presidential polls once again missed the mark this year.

For the Biden team, being able to access up-to-date information about the COVID-19 response "really is essential," says John Podesta, a former leader of President Barack Obama's transition team.

The defeat of Proposition 15, which would have mandated that commercial property values be assessed not based on purchase price but rather on an assessment of their market value every three years, was a blow to advocates who hoped to see the projected $6.5 to $11.5 billion it would have generated in revenue go toward schools and school funding

With Biden entering the White House in 2021 and the slim potential for a blue Senate, there’s conversation to be had about the role of progressives and progressive ideas in the Democratic party.

Republican U.S. Sen. David Perdue and Democrat Jon Ossoff will face off in a Jan. 5 runoff in Georgia for Perdue’s Senate seat, one of two high-profile contests in the state that could determine which party controls the upper chamber.Libertarian candidate Shane Hazel was able to get enough votes so that neither Perdue nor Ossoff cleared the 50% threshold needed for an outright win.