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Secretary of State Antony Blinken and his U.K. counterpart are in Kyiv after Russia received shipments of close-range ballistic missile systems from Iran.

Every fall, hundreds of bands migrate to New York City for the annual CMJ Music Marathon. Bob Boilen wants to share a few standouts from this year's lineup.

President Trump tweeted Thursday that perhaps the November election should be delayed — a suggestion that even his party quickly rejected despite its support of Trump's antipathy to mail-in voting.

Ismail Haniyeh, a top Hamas political leader, is dead after a targeted raid in Iran, according to the group. And, Simone Biles leads Team USA to win all-round gymnastics gold.

The Mines Advisory Group has been removing landmines for more than three decades. This year, it received the Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, a prestigious award with a $3 million prize.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Kadia Goba, political reporter for BuzzFeed News, and Paul Kane, senior congressional correspondent and columnist for The Washington Post, about covering Congress.

On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul launched into a filibuster on the floor of the Senate, against John Brennan's nomination as CIA director. Paul, who said "I will speak until I can no longer speak," lasted for nearly 13 hours. It was an impressive length of time, but it didn't come close to Sen. Strom Thurmond's record-holding filibuster against the Civil Rights Act of 1957, which surpassed 24 hours. Melissa Block speaks with Senate historian Donald Ritchie about the colorful history of the talking filibuster.

Missouri Republicans picked Attorney General Eric Schmitt to advance in the state's unpredictable U.S. Senate race, a move that seems likely to keep the seat out of reach for Democrats.

A senior Hamas leader is killed in an explosion in Beirut. Harvard University President Claudine Gay resigns.

Pooches competed against similarly sized peers for a chance to appear in the finals. Additional heats featured multiple dogs surfing tandem or riding with people.