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Former Secret Service agent discusses Trump's Air Force One switch

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former Secret Service agent Robert McDonald about reports that President Trump boarded a military aircraft instead of flying aboard Air Force One from Turkey.

Some voters in Louisville, Kentucky, got wrong ballots for years

Some voters in Louisville. Kentucky have been voting given the wrong ballots in elections for several years. That's the result of an investigation by Louisville Public Media

The CoreCivic, Inc. California City Immigration Processing Center stands in the Kern County desert awaiting reopening as a federal immigrant detention facility under contract with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California City, California on July 10, 2025.

Private prisons announce $1.4 billion in revenue as immigration detentions climb

That revenue does not include net proceeds of $1.6 billion made by CoreCivic after the recent sale of four of their facilities to the Department of Homeland Security.

Federal immigration officers can be heard using slurs during a raid in Los Angeles County last year, in bodycam footage obtained by the ACLU and submitted as evidence in a federal lawsuit.

Bodycams record agents using slurs in LA raids. ACLU says it proves racial profiling

In its lawsuit alleging racial profiling, the ACLU uncovered bodycam footage and texts in which immigration agents used slurs to describe Latinos targeted in Los Angeles raids last year.

Count Binface speaks to reporters as votes were being counted on June 19, in Wigan, England, in an election won by Andy Burnham of the Labour Party, who subsequently became prime minister.

Count Binface, wearing a trash can, aims to unseat Nigel Farage in a U.K. local election

Oxford-educated Jon Harvey's character Count Binface has become a fixture in U.K. politics. If elected, Binface pledges to build at least one affordable house, nationalize the singer Adele, "cut your taxes and raise everyone else's."

An image from Harrison Design, the studio involved in the 250-foot-tall arch project, shows what the arch could look like at night, framing Robert E. Lee's house behind it.

A few people have played a big role in 'jamming through' Trump's arch, critics say

The design process for new memorials shouldn't be fast-tracked or dictated by a select few, experts say. But a small group of people close to President Trump played an outsized role in the arch's quick approvals.

Sticky or slippery? Snails can change their slime to meet the moment

Snails are slimy. But there's more to it than meets the eye. It's a fact that may help inspire the creation of new materials. (This story first aired on All Things Considered on August 6, 2026.)

Spokane fires continue to destroy buildings and displace tens of thousands

Since last weekend, the wildfires near Spokane, Wash., have displaced tens of thousands of people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in the state's second-largest city.

Pamela Kydd fills out her ballot during primary elections at Nathan Hale Arts Magnet School in New London on Tuesday, August 11, 2026.

CT's marquee races today: Democratic primaries for governor, Congress

Connecticut Democrats go to the polls today in two high-stakes primaries: An ideological fight over whether to stay the course with Gov. Ned Lamont or opt for a liberal challenger, Josh Elliott; and a generational challenge to Congressman John Larson by former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin, State Rep. Jillian Gilchrest and Hartford attorney Ruth Fortune.

Gugu Gumede plays Joyce Gomora in The Polygamist.

Netflix-viewers are binge-watching South African series 'The Polygamist.' Here's why

Why is a Zulu-language drama taking the world by storm? The Polygamist mixes sex and scandal with a sharp portrait of modern South Africa.

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