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The physicist Richard Feynman loved to shoot down what he called “lousy ideas.” Today, the world is awash in lousy ideas — so maybe it’s time to get some moreFeynman in our lives? (Part one of a three-part series.)

Lawmakers presided over one of the most fruitless sessions in legislative history this year — and there's still a lot left on their plate to tackle in 2024. What remains on the to-do list?
Plus, a new poll from NPR/ PBS NewsHour /Marist reveals attitudes toward immigration and abortion, & a famous figure enters the public domain.
This episode: senior White House...

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour /Marist Poll shows a growing number of Americans think Israel's military actions against Hamas have gone too far compared to data from last month. Respondents also are split on whether to continue financial & military support to Israel and to Ukraine in their wars, and whether the U.S. should play a leadership role in global affairs.
This episode: political...

The latest NPR/ PBS NewsHour /Marist poll shows 49% of Americans believe he has done something illegal. Half of all independents prefer Trump to Biden — just 42% support the sitting president.

New polling shows that women in small cities and suburbs continue to express support for abortion access. This episode: political correspondent Susan Davis, White House correspondent Tamara Keith, and senior political editor Domenico Montanaro.

A new poll shows that 83 percent of Republicans think Donald Trump should stay in the race. Most folks outside of his base of Republican base are concerned about his behavior. And the Supreme Court leaves the Indian Child Welfare Act intact.

The latest NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist National Poll shows more than six in 10 Americans are concerned about President Biden's mental fitness. The poll also explored attitudes toward the debt ceiling, and to issues surrounding gun control.

Both men are strikingly unpopular — two-thirds of Americans don't want Trump to run for president again and just 41 percent approve of Biden's job performance, according to a recent poll from NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist. But the Democratic performance in the 2022 midterm elections and other recent polling suggests voters who don't like Biden might cast a ballot for him anyway.
This episode: political...

Foreign diplomats start evacuating Sudan as fighting intensifies, but thousands of American citizens remain in the country. Jury selection begins today in the trial of a man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that a majority of Americans don't have much confidence in the Supreme Court.

Six in ten Americans say in a new NPR/PBS Newshour/Marist poll that they don't want Trump to be president again, but it's unclear whether the other GOP hopefuls can build a wider base of support without tarnishing their image among voters they'll need to win a primary.
And in his trip to Canada last week, Biden and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau discussed...