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Republicans begin picking their next leaders in Congress

Republicans have chosen Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., as the next party leader, launching a new era for the GOP after nearly two decades with Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., leading the party in the Senate.

Political strategists offer takeaways from the vice presidential debate

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Republican strategist Ron Bonjean and Democratic strategist Antjuan Seawright about the vice presidential debate between JD Vance and Tim Walz.

On Income Inequality: A French Economist Vs. An American Capitalist

Thomas Piketty says governments must impose heavy taxes to break up concentrations of wealth. Edward Conard says governments should cut taxes to encourage wealthy people to pursue even bigger profits.

Some of the paintings and pictures Amgad Naguib has collected over the years were displayed recently at a Cairo gallery. "When I walk into a place — a basement or a villa or an apartment — and I find a thick layer of dust," Naguib says, "my heart starts beating faster."

For Egyptian Collector, No Object's Too Dusty Or Trivial For 'Mosaic Of Our History'

Amgad Naguib collects old ticket stubs, wigs, letters and toothbrushes that he says tell Egypt's history. "I am sure I have more dresses and hats and handbags than you and all your friends," he says.

'New China Playbook' has a different view than many Western policymakers do on China

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with economist Keyu Jin about her book: The New China Playbook. She teaches now at the London School of Economics.

Found objects from the Thames. Top row: a 1687 tin halfpenny, a Victorian clay pipe, a gold ring, a Victorian ring. Middle row: a decorated medieval button, a Victorian clay pipe, an 1830 George IV farthing, a Georgian military button. Bottom row: a Hooper Brewery stopper, a sailor's bag lock, a French Jacob pipe bowl and a child's toy clay pipe bowl. <em>Note: objects not to scale.</em>

The River Thames, A Not-So-Secret Treasure Trove

Frequently scavenged by "mudlarks" who roam its banks with metal detectors, the river has yielded Elizabethan coins, Roman statuettes and WWII munitions to those who are willing to dig. But not everyone approves of the mudlarks' method.

U.S. teens' use of e-cigarettes has doubled since 2017, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

High School Vape Culture Can Be Almost As Hard To Shake As Addiction, Teens Say

One in 4 high school seniors say they have vaped in the past month. And for heavy users, scary headlines about serious illness and death are no match for nicotine addiction and peer pressure.

Warhol-Signed Soup Can: Art or Memento?

A Campbell's Soup can scribbled on by Andy Warhol surfaces three decades after it was hidden away in a coat closet. Must be worth a bundle, right? A reporter takes a journey through the art world to find out.

The Mobility Transfer Systems "Reversible Slant Rail (model 600)" is among the products that the Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning people not to use.

Stop using these adult bed rails, warns the Consumer Product Safety Commission

Adult bed rails have been linked to hundreds of deaths and injuries over the years. The CPSC is starting work on a federal safety standard, nearly a decade after consumer groups asked for one.

'Tracers in the Dark' explores the growth of illicit commerce with cryptocurrency

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Andy Greenberg about crytocurrency crime. Greenberg is the author of the new book, Tracers in the Dark: The Global Hunt for the Crime Lords of Cryptocurrency.

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