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The expiration of emergency jobless benefits is draining $15 billion a week from the U.S. economy. President Trump has offered to replace half that money, but states have been slow to accept.

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to former Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates following her speech at the Democratic National Convention in support of presidential candidate Joe Biden.

On the second night of the Democratic National Convention, the party focused less on President Trump and instead on its own vision and future. Speakers boosted the cause to elect Joe Biden.

Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former chief security officer Joe Sullivan covered up the breach and arranged a $100,000 payment to the hackers.

In dismissing the argument that a subpoena seeking eight years of the president's returns is "overbroad," the federal judge declared: "Justice requires an end to this controversy."

"Two hours of walking will soon be mandatory?" asks one headline in the German press. "Is the paternalism going too far?" demands another.

The agency serves areas where private carriers won't go. And in those remote communities, which helped elect the president, the Postal Service can be seen as a lifeline as well as a human connection.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks with Ginny Searle of Baseball Prospectus about broadcaster Thom Brennaman using a homophobic slur during a Major League Baseball game and history of such slurs in the league.

Democratic delegates were supposed to be in Milwaukee this week. Instead, they're attending the Democratic National Convention virtually. Two delegates from Michigan share their experience with NPR.

A new study suggests there is far more plastic in the Atlantic Ocean than scientists estimated earlier, especially tiny pieces of plastic that can end up inside fish and other animals.