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President Biden's Democratic convention speech is expected to build a bridge to Vice President Harris. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to ex-White House chief of staff and Biden confidante Ron Klain.

In its heyday, Union Square was a holiday destination, with crowds lining up to see the festive window displays in its department stores. Today’s news about Union Square is decidedly less cheerful, with reports of robberies and increasingly empty storefronts. But even if its future is uncertain, one tradition is still with us—the SPCA’s holiday windows at Macy’s.

The U.S., France and other allies jointly called Wednesday for an immediate 21-day cease-fire to allow for negotiations in the escalating conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

The governor of Damascus -- speaking for his direct boss Ahmed al-Sharaa, the newly installed leader of Syria -- says the government wants to facilitate cordial relations between Israel and Syria.

Almost 100 years after Gandhi, the British Prime Minister seems to calling for a ‘British’ Swadeshi movement. But as Sandip Roy points out, Sunak’s call for a nationalist rebellion has only ignited a meme war.

In Lebanon, Israeli air strikes on Thursday killed at least seven medical and rescue workers. The Lebanese government accuses Israel of targeting Lebanon’s already stretched infrastructure.

Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.

Places like China, Ukraine and Gaza will be at the forefront of the mind of whoever becomes the next president.

Israel begins limited ground offensive into Lebanon targeting Hezbollah militants -- airstrikes kill upward of a thousand people. Vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz debate this evening.

After half a century in politics, President Biden bids farewell to public life in a speech from the Oval Office, warning about the concentration of power in the hands of a few ultrawealthy people.

Thousands of protesters marched near the U.S. Capitol to protest against the war in Gaza, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed Congress.

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Oxford University philosopher Roman Krznaric about the disruption nexus, a theory for social change he outlines in his new book, History For Tomorrow.