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NPR special: 5 takeaways from a year of listening to swing voters

Every election, there is a crucial sliver of voters who help determine which candidates win. Here are five takeaways from a year of listening to voter...

Oct 30, 2026
Blockchain intelligence firms link North Korea to $6.3B hack on Binance

The world's biggest cryptocurrency exchange reported Thursday that approximately $6.3 billion was impacted in an apparent hack....

Oct 30, 2026
Why is the Cheesecake Factory at the center of the latest culture war?

A joke by former President Obama has gone viral and received backlash from the Trump administration as the issue of affordability looms large over nex...

Oct 30, 2026
Binance flags 'potential security issue,' says approximately $6.3 billion impacted

It wasn't immediately clear the extent of the damage hackers might have been able to cause, and Binance had not explicitly confirmed that funds had be...

Oct 30, 2026
Alaska's Senate race faces claims of spoiler candidate. And, Hegseth ousts Army general

Alaska's governor ordered an investigation into claims that Dems recruited a spoiler candidate to confuse voters. And, Hegseth ousted an Army general ...

Oct 30, 2026
The two most interesting risks to Anthropic

Anthropic gave a 94-page list of risk factors in its S-1 this week. Two of them stood out. ...

Oct 30, 2026
Candy prices got you scared stiff? What to know about the cost of Halloween this year

Prices for candy, the most popular Halloween purchase, and gum have risen 7.7% in one year and are up more than 18% in two years, according to the lat...

Oct 30, 2026
On what anatomical feature was Trump fixated this week? The quiz knows — do you?

Hint: He likes them big (and he cannot lie)....

Oct 30, 2026
2026 midterm election voter guides: Find local resources in your community

NPR member stations are gathering information for voters — from voter guides down to local races. Scroll through to find your state and the resource...

Oct 30, 2026
Websites pretending to be local news are boosting Democratic candidates

The websites of unknown origin are targeting key U.S. House races. They are getting picked up by ChatGPT's responses but Google's products avoid promo...

Oct 30, 2026

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