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Sen. Elizabeth Warren recently announced her plan for affordable, universal childcare. Columnist Katha Pollit tells NPR's Michel Martin why universal childcare should top the Democratic agenda.

NPR's Adrian Florido speaks with Andrew Schwartz, of UC Berkeley's Central Sierra Snow Laboratory, about the record snowfall in the Sierra Nevada mountain range in December and why it matters.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Texas Rep. Michael McCaul, top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, about the situation in Ukraine.

President Biden has faced a number of major setbacks to various parts of his agenda — from COVID-19 to the economy to voting rights and the rest of his agenda in Congress.

Three states go to the polls Tuesday, starting what will be an eight-week stretch of primaries in the U.S. For a look at the intra-party political landscape, NPR's Charlie Mahtesian has this overview.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., who has spoken publicly about his opinion that it's time for new Democratic leadership as more than 40 nominees for House seats have said they would not vote for minority leader Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House.

Ailsa Chang talks to Democratic Sen. Ben Cardin, of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, about how the U.S. might respond to the threats posed by North Korea's nuclear weapon capabilities.

Stephanie Williams discovered comics young, drawn early to X-Men, which she saw as an allegory for the persecution of black Americans. An adult now, she co-hosts a podcast about black superheroines.

Alabama Sen. Katie Britt came to national prominence in 2024 with an image as a firebrand on the right but has developed a reputation as a bipartisan deal maker in the Senate.

We examine the role of one of President Trump's longest-serving and closest advisers: Deputy Chief of Staff, Stephen Miller.