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Chad Ludington, a college friend of Brett Kavanaugh, talks with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly about his attempt to share information with the FBI for their investigation into sexual assault allegations made against Kavanaugh.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., about the newly released FBI background check of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

Authorities in Florence, S.C., are in mourning after a man shot seven law enforcement officers Wednesday. One officer, a 30-year police veteran, was killed.

A prominent U.S.-based Saudi journalist has gone missing in Istanbul after visiting the Saudi consulate there. It raises concern he's caught up in the Kingdom's crackdown on free speech.

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a new law on Monday that requires publicly traded companies in California to have at least one woman on their corporate board.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Washington Post columnist Monica Hesse about her latest column on why young women don't tell their fathers about sexual assaults.

The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court is playing out in Senate races around the country, including Montana, where Republicans hope the issue will help them unseat Democratic incumbent Sen. Jon Tester.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Mark Osler, a former law school classmate of Brett Kavanaugh, who revoked support for the judge following his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The new North American trade agreement will impact the automotive industry if approved by Congress. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ann Wilson from the Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Association about how.

For more than 50 years, the name of the New York City bridge had been spelled Verrazano when it should have had an additional "z." The bridge is named after Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano