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Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says local Democratic and Republican parties will choose the general election nominees of a state House district in Louisville, following the disqualification of state Rep. Nima Kulkarni.

The Illinois Democrat has announced he will retire at the end of his term next year after nearly three decades in the Senate. His departure creates a key opening in Democratic leadership.

To those who closely follow the voter ID wars, Hans von Spakovsky is a household name, one of the nation's leading and controversial crusaders against voter fraud. So it was news that the Republican lawyer failed to get a second term on the electoral board of Virginia's largest county.

Democrats are targeting seats with first-term GOP incumbents in states where access to abortion rights could resonate with swing voters.

Over a four-year period between 2019 and 2023, nearly 4,000 people died in U.S. jails, according to data compiled by The Marshall Project.

The city's water system has suffered disruptions for years, but Christopher Wells says that the city received every loan it requested, and that an ongoing civil rights investigation is political.

Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams says local Democratic and Republican parties will choose the general election nominees of a state House district in Louisville, following the disqualification of state Rep. Nima Kulkarni.

The Israeli military said that one of its airstrikes earlier this month killed Hashem Safieddine. There was no immediate confirmation from the militant group about the fate of top official.

Becoming prime minister caps Anwar Ibrahim's roller-coaster political journey, from a former deputy PM who was imprisoned in the 1990s led to a reform movement that became a major political force.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kristina Kvien who, as the Charge d'Affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine, is the top American official on the ground in Kyiv.