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While the office of vice president is the second-highest position in the government, making it to the Oval Office has historically been a leap.

Election Day is today and polls across Texas will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Permian Basin voters are deciding on a number of competitive local races. Most candidates in the Big Bend region’s local races are running unopposed, although Marathon-area residents are deciding on multiple school board seats.

From candidate swaps to assassination attempts, the final months of the campaign has been a whirlwind. Here's why the outcome is so consequential.

The small group of church members and its pastor steer clear of political conversations to avoid offending one another and to let individuals form their own opinions.

Though Alex had been the guitarist in the family, when they formed Van Halen, it quickly became clear who would play: "[Ed] made that instrument sing." Alex's new memoir is Brothers.

Cartoonist Alison Bechdel follows her 2006 book about her father with a new memoir, Are You My Mother? It weaves together stories of her own life with the theories of British psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott — with a cameo from Virginia Woolf.

Your guide to the seven swing states that will decide this year’s presidential election: Georgia, Nevada, Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, Pennsylvania and North Carolina.

Washington state's governor activated the National Guard to stand by to help local law enforcement as needed. Meanwhile, extra security is in place at locations across Washington, D.C.

Angela Merkel is stepping down after 16 years as Germany's chancellor. Earlier this fall, NPR caught up with some people who remembered her earliest days as a politician and reflected on her legacy.

Despite its substantial-sounding name, the Electoral College isn’t a permanent body: It’s more of a process. For decades, a majority of Americans have wanted it to be changed.