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Polls, races to watch and vote counting: here's what to expect in the 2022 midterm elections.

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Republican strategist Alice Stewart about what her party could have done differently in the 2022 midterm elections and what the 118th congress will bring.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with Democratic strategist Joel Payne about what the 118th congress will bring and what his party could have done differently in the 2022 midterm elections.

We've heard again and again that crime is rising. But the reality is far more complex, in part because of how we define crime in the first place.

Lewis came up in rock, but proved his country chops on the 1968 album Another Place, Another Time. The music suited his piano style, and the lyrics fit the emotions he brought to every performance.

Republican Sen. Pat Toomey is retiring. If Democrats win his seat, it could help them keep their thin majority in the Senate. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman is running against TV's Dr. Mehmet Oz.

The woman first won $100,000. To celebrate, she bought more tickets and won a $300,000 prize. With some more winning ticket, she could buy Twitter.

African Americans make up 6.8% of Wisconsin's population. In Milwaukee, Black people comprise nearly 40% of all residents. High Black voter turnout in the state's largest city is key for Democrats.

Stewart Rhodes testified in is own defense Monday — denying he had a role in planning the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He and four others are charged with seditious conspiracy.

The lawsuits filed in three states describe a culture of sexual abuse, drugs and pornography in competitive cheerleading. The suits accuse cheerleading's top institutions of civil conspiracy.