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Sen. John Cornyn will face Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in a May runoff. The winner will face James Talarico, a seminarian and state lawmaker who's emerged as a rising Democratic star.

Born into poverty in Searchlight, Nev., the onetime amateur boxer served in Congress for 34 years — first in the House and, later, for three decades in the Senate.

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Sarah Stillman, staff writer at The New Yorker, who spent the past year with some of the growing number of migrant laborers who follow climate disasters for work.

NPR's David Folkenflik speaks with Sara Gay Forden about her book, The House of Gucci, which has just been released as a feature film starring Lady Gaga and Adam Driver.

Here is how the history of NATO, Russia and Ukraine got so complicated.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with two bioethicists about the ethics of and access to genetic testing, and the power of knowing one's genetic makeup.

In her photographic project Frame of Reference, April M. Frazier presents archives of her family's deep-rooted Texan lineage from 1890 through to the present day.

As the first few Gen Z candidates navigate runs for Congress, questions remain over how coming of age during intense national political division will shape Gen Z candidates' approach to politics.

Former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic dies in his jail cell at The Hague, where he was on trial for war crimes. U.N. officials say Milosevic, who stirred bloody wars in the Balkans and was accused of ethnic cleansing, died of natural causes.

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill's famous "Finest Hour" speech marks its 65th anniversary Friday. It's widely considered one of the greatest political speeches ever, and rallied a war-weary Britain at a time when it appeared to be losing World War II. Producer Adam Burke examines the speech and how it affected those who heard it.