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Bannon has been elevated to the NSC's Principals Committee, the top interagency group for discussing national security. He formerly led Breitbart News, a platform for the alt-right movement.

A number of top election officials won't be around next year. Some are retiring after long careers, but others are feeling the strain of an increasingly demanding and politicized job.

Around the country, houses, schools and shopping centers are being built on old oil and gas fields — and hidden underground are millions of abandoned wells that are not monitored for leaks.

At the Howland Research Forest, carbon and other greenhouse gas measurements are continuously recorded from the top of several meteorological towers that soar above a lush canopy of spruce, hemlock and white pine.

The last NPR survey before all votes have to be cast shows inflation continues to be the top concern for voters, and Republicans are trusted more than Democrats on the issue by 20 points.

Grilling season is near, and that means it's time to get your dogs on. Americans eat an average of 60 of their beloved hot dogs every year, and, as Howard Yoon explains, every region of the country has its own style of how to dress a dog.

Maj. Gen. Ivan Popov said Russia's military leadership was angered by his frank talk about challenges faced by his forces, particularly the shortage of equipment that resulted in Russian casualties.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Stuart Eizenstat, a top domestic policy advisor in the Carter White House, about how former President Jimmy Carter put human rights at the center of foreign policy.

NPR's Eric Deggans talks with Michele Steele of ESPN about the last week of the NFL regular season, the college football playoff semifinals, and a clothing controversy in chess.

College football will get a new national champion tonight. Notre Dame takes on The Ohio State University in the first expanded playoffs of college's top division.