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Brandon Carter is an assistant producer on NPR's Washington Desk. He manages the NPR Politics social media accounts, writes and produces stories for the web and writes for the NPR Politics weekly newsletter.

The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says the U.N. Security Council will press Russia hard in a Monday session to discuss its massing of troops near Ukraine ahead of a possible invasion.

Rob Axson was endorsed by Trump a week before the convention, while Lyman paints himself as the ‘MUGA’ candidate. Delegates will also weigh whether to yank party membership from candidates who gather signatures — which could violate state law.

Abby Hatch, owner of Made in Park City, is the singular online source for locally made goods this holiday season.

Tucker Carlson trying to rewrite history on the Jan. 6 riots is exposing the government's limited ability to regulate distortions on cable news.

Sociologists tracked stock trades in Finland and found that accounts belonging to chlldren under 10 years old wildly outperformed the accounts of adults.

Press advocates said the move sets a dangerous precedent and worried about future moves against journalists who cover the billionaire.

Fuel supplies for the Palestinian Authority have nearly been exhausted; its Israeli supplier has cut off deliveries because the authority's account is $80 million in arrears. Gas stations in Ramallah, the Palestinians' political and commercial capital, are closed, and drivers say that once their tanks run dry, they will have to stay home.

A staff report from the Sept. 11 commission says the Pentagon's air-defense command wasted precious time and missed a chance to intercept at least one of the hijacked planes used in the 2001 attacks. The report largely blames inadequate emergency procedures that didn't account for a response to suicide hijackings. Hear NPR's Mary Louise Kelly and NPR's Steve Inskeep.

The Pentagon confirms an attack on al-Qaida suspects in southern Somalia. One spokesman said that the attack was based on what he called "credible evidence." But there are other accounts from the region itself that describe more than one assault, and more casualties.