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NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with our regular political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss Rep. Kevin McCarthy's decision to withdraw from the race for the next Speaker of the House, Hillary Clinton's opposition to the TPP, and the Russian strategy in Syria.

New social science research explores why the unemployment rate for blacks is persistently worse than the unemployment rate for whites.

In both Britain and the U.S., police say they get calls from the public when Facebook goes down.

As Hillary Clinton continues to struggle, Joe Biden's name continues to surface. No one in Washington truly knows what the vice president will do but he likely must decide in the next couple of weeks.

From 60 points down and a third of the money, Bernie Sanders is now up in polls and on par in fundraising with Hillary Clinton, who raised $28 million in the third quarter.

The hurricane currently over the Bahamas has maximum sustained winds of 130 mph and could still cause some coastal flooding along the Atlantic Coast.

Oregon becomes the third U.S. state to legalize recreational marijuana use, joining Colorado and Washington. The state is also letting residents wipe their criminal records of pot charges.

Russian hackers tried a phishing scheme, a White House operator didn't believe the caller was actually Clinton and she panicked after being unable to find her local NPR station.

Don Blankenship, 65, is accused of conspiring to violate safety laws at Massey mines. In 2010, a blast at the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia killed 29 workers.

The World Health Organization has just recommended that all HIV positive people take antiretroviral medications. If that guideline is enforced, it could help stop the spread of HIV worldwide.