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Prominent conservatives are engaged in a battle over how to respond to antisemitism in their ranks. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I’m Ayesha Rascoe. Good morning. There’s been fallout from right-wing commentator Tucker Carlson’s long and friendly interview with far-right influencer Nick Fuentes last week.(SOUNDBITE OF PODCAST, “THE TUCKER CARLSON SHOW”)TUCKER CARLSON: Nick Fuentes, thank you for doing this.NICK FUENTES: Yeah, thank you for having me.CARLSON: I’ve wanted to meet you. I’ve heard about you.FUENTES: I’ve heard about you, so…CARLSON: Well, thank you.RASCOE: Fuentes has built an online following promoting many white nationalist and extremist…

Politics / Books & the Arts / November 4, 2025 In Born in Flames, Bench Ansfield asks, who, or what, is responsible for the arson epidemic that afflicted the borough in the 1970s and ’80s? Ad Policy Nighttime view of people in a vacant lot as they watch a fire burning on the top floors of an apartment building in the Bronx, New York, 1983. (Ricky Flores / Getty Images) Few images from the 1970s still resonate like those of the destruction of the Bronx. Block after block of once-doughty apartment buildings, abandoned and burned; whole streets, even neighborhoods, left…

Jen Janecek Hartman helps prepare bagged meals for a food bank for students at Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025, in New Town, N.D. John Locher/AP hide caption toggle caption John Locher/AP The Trump administration late Saturday directed states that they must “immediately undo” any actions they have made to provide benefits to low-income families via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). “To the extent States sent full SNAP payment files for November 2025, this was unauthorized. Accordingly, States must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

Ad Policy Nick Fuentes with livestreamer and January 6 insurrectionist Baked Alaska at an anti-vaccine protest with members of the far-right group America First in front of Pfizer world headquarters on November 13, 2021, in New York City. (Stephanie Keith / Getty Images) Much has been written about the how the Israel/Palestine conflict is dividing the left, but the same is true of the right. Tucker Carlson’s interview with the antisemitic critic of Israel Nick Fuentes has created an intense debate on the right about anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, currently playing itself out in turmoil at the Heritage Foundation. I spoke…

Democrats won every election in the 2025 off-year contests, setting them up for high expectations going into the 2026 midterms. Democrats and Republicans talk about what it could mean going forward. LEILA FADEL, HOST: Democrats outperformed expectations in races across the country this week. And so NPR political correspondent Sarah McCammon has been asking Democrats and Republicans what this all means for next year’s midterms. And Sarah is with me now. Good morning, Sarah.SARAH MCCAMMON, BYLINE: Hi, Leila.FADEL: So let’s start with Democrats. What are they telling you?MCCAMMON: Well, obviously, they are very pleased across the…FADEL: Right.MCCAMMON: …Board. And they’re…

Politics / November 5, 2025 A full transcript of the mayor-elect’s victory speech to supporters. Ad Policy Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani celebrates during an election night event at the Brooklyn Paramount Theater in Brooklyn, New York, on November 4, 2025.(Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Images) Thank you, my friends. The sun may have set over our city this evening, but as Eugene Debs once said, “I can see the dawn of a better day for humanity.” For as long as we can remember, the working people of New York have been told by the wealthy and the well-connected that power…

The Trump administration is appealing a federal judge’s order that it must provide full SNAP food benefits. The government had been planning to fund only partial payments this month. A MARTÍNEZ, HOST: The Trump administration is appealing a court order requiring it to restore full SNAP food benefits by today.LEILA FADEL, HOST: The government had previously said it would only restore partial benefits in response to an earlier decision. A federal judge in Rhode Island issued the new order yesterday, saying the government failed to consider the harm to individuals who rely on those benefits.MARTÍNEZ: NPR’s Tovia Smith is following…

Activism / November 7, 2025 Holding political office is not the same as wielding political power—especially for the left. To win bold demands, social movements must go on the offensive. Holding political office is not the same as wielding political power—especially for the left. To win bold demands, social movements must go on the offensive. Ad Policy New Yorkers celebrate as NY1 projects Zohran Mamdani to win the New York City mayoral election in the Astoria neighborhood of New York City on November 4, 2025. (Jeremy Weine / Getty Images) By electing Zohran Mamdani mayor, New York City made history.…

The Washington headquarters of the Department of Education on March 12. A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees when it replaced their personalized out-of-office notifications with partisan language. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Win McNamee/Getty Images A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment rights of Education Department employees when it replaced their personalized out-of-office e-mail notifications with partisan language blaming Democrats for the government shutdown. “When government employees enter public service, they do not sign away their First Amendment rights,” U.S. District Judge…

Politics / Column / November 7, 2025 There were no bright spots for the GOP this election. Across the country, Democrats running on inclusionary, economically ambitious, pro-immigrant policies won. Ad Policy Mikie Sherrill, the Democratic governor-elect of New Jersey, takes a photo with attendees on election night in East Brunswick, New Jersey, on November 4, 2025.(Michael Nagle / Bloomberg via Getty Images) Donald Trump should have spent more time studying physics. In particular, he should have familiarized himself with Newton’s third law of motion: For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Translated into language the MAGA-man might…